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Commercial, Synthetic Nonnutritive Sweeteners
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1998
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NutritionCommercial ProductsBioorganic ChemistryEngineeringNutraceutical IngredientPolysaccharideFood ChemistryEveryday UseFood AdditiveSynthetic Nonnutritive SweetenersFood Bioactive CompoundBiochemistryPharmacologyNatural Product SynthesisBiomolecular EngineeringAdvanced StagesNatural SciencesBiotechnologySynthetic Chemistry
Aspartame (1), saccharin (2), and acesulfam-K (3) are sweeteners that are in everyday use. The market for these nonnutritive sweeteners is therefore large. The properties and large-scale syntheses of these commercial products and others that are in advanced stages of development are reviewed.