Sweeteners as food additives in the XXI century: A review of what is known, and what is to come

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2017, Pages 302-317

  Carocho, Márcio ^a   Morales, Patricia ^b   Ferreira, Isabel C F R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food additives; Intense; Natural sweeteners; Nutritive; Sweeteners

Indexed keywords

ACESULFAME; ADVANTAME; ASPARTAME; CYCLAMATE SODIUM; ERYTHRITOL; FOOD ADDITIVE; FRUCTOSE; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; ISOMALTOSE; LACTITOL; MALTITOL; MALTOSE; MANNITOL; NEOHESPERIDIN; NEOTAME; POLYOL; RAFFINOSE; SACCHARIN; SORBITOL; SUCRALOSE; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLITOL;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FOOD; HISTORY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW;

FOOD ADDITIVES; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 85022092161     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.06.046     Document Type: Review

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