Sucralose

Sucralose is a non-caloric, high-intensity sweetener that is 600 times sweeter than sucrose. Sucralose retains its sweetness over a wide range of temperatures and storage conditions in variety of applications. Because of its extended shelf-life stability, food manufacturers use Sucralose to create great tasting new foods and beverages in categories such as canned fruit, low-calorie fruit drinks, baked goods, sauces and syrups. Sucralose also can be used as a sweetener in nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, vitamins, and mineral supplements. Innovative sweetening ingredients can help reduce calorie content in foods, while meeting consumer taste expectations. It has about 600 times the sweetness of sugar and, depending upon the application, can be used to replace nutritive sweeteners such as sugar or glucose syrup. Sucralose is heat stable in cooking and baking and works well in a broad range of food and beverage systems including low-pH environments and in the presence of live cultures. Food and beverages formulated with sucralose elicit a lower blood glucose response thansimilar products with sugar. Unlike sucrose and glucose, sucralose has the added benefit of maintaining tooth mineralization and is non-cariogenic.