saccharine & cyclamate

[anthrax]

MS (if you're not MS your answers are also welcommed),

You said in another thread that saccharine tastes good
I thought it was quite bitter - a reason why Aspartame and Acesulfam K have replaced saccharine in soft drinks -
but now that it has been proven not cancerogen I am looking at this sweetener (though I still use Aspartame)

And what about cyclamates ? G.R.A.S ?

 

[cockdezl]

Aspartame, Splenda, Acesulfame K, Stevia, and Saccharin all safe sweeteners that are useful according to each person's taste. I personally prefer a mix of Aspartame + Saccharin; it helps make it sweet but reduces the bitterness.

Cyclamates are banned in the US, so there is no comparison here for this sweetener.

 

[MS]

Hmmm, well I don't live in the US, and the sweetener I use is actually a blend of saccharin and cyclamate. It tastes very good. IMHO all of these sweeteners are safe in the quantities that you're likely to consume them. So I guess you could try one of those other combos that cockdez1 mentioned.

 

[Dryloch]

The best tasting sweetener in my opinion is Splenda otherwise called sucralose. It also happens to be one of the only sweeteners that so far has no negative side effects after ten years of use in Canada. Normally it is kinda expensive but Sam's Club sells it super cheap. It is under 15.00 for 700 packets.
Sodas that use Splenda include Waist Watchers in the Northeast which has recently switched over to it and Diet Rite/Diet RC. I am extremely jealous of people in the Northeast who can get the Waist Watchers they have tons of flavors including Creme Soda. Has anyone tasted the Waist Watchers since the switched to Splenda? How is it.

 

[MR. BMJ]

There are a lot of other sweeteners that are illegal in the US (not sure in other countries), which are being researched. Whether or not they make it to the population is unknown, but many have much higher sweetness rating than those currently used.

One such product, 'Sweetener 2000' is 10,000 times sweeter than sucrose with NO calories.

Others are cyclamates (being reevaluated); Alitame (2000 X's sweeter); L-sugar form of sucrose and other sugars; neohesperidin dihydrochalcone (1,000times sweeter found in citrus peels such as from naringin of grapefruit and from various flavanoids); glycyrrhizin (from licorice root); miraculin (a glycoprotein from tropical berries); Thaumatin (a protein mixture from a west african fruit...2000 times as sweet as sucrose); there are also others in the polyol varieties, but would have to look them up.

The after taste of these compounds seem to be the negative factors involved as well.

I have not really researched these sweeteners very much yet, so I would not really be able to comment much on them. PubMed here i come...lol. I keep forgetting though

However, as stated earlier, many of these sweeteners are synergistic with one another, and they will increase the sweetness of each other. An example of this is aspartame and saccharin and aspartame/acesulfame-k.

I think one of the main reasons that certain beverage companies choose one sweetener over the other is not only for their stability, but also because of their mouth texture benefits...ie sucralose.

BMJ

 

[anthrax]

... and the price

I think Aspartame is quite expensive compared to saccharin and cyclamates