A sweetener is a
Food Additive that imparts sweetness to a soft drink. According to the nutritional value, sweeteners can be divided into two types: nutritive sweeteners and non-nutritive sweeteners; according to their sweetness, they can be divided into low-sweet sweeteners and high-sweet sweeteners; Divided into natural sweeteners and synthetic sweeteners
Sweeteners should have the following characteristics: high safety, good taste, high stability, good water solubility, and reasonable price.
Although sugars such as glucose, fructose, sucrose, maltose, starch sugar and lactose are natural sweeteners, they are widely used as food and are important nutrients. They are generally regarded as food raw materials and are not used as food additives in China.