Food additives data book - wordpres

Sweeteners 902
NAME: Acesulphame
CATEGORY: Non-nutritive sweetener/ Flavour modifier
FOOD USE: Baked goods (dry bases for mixes)/ Beverages (dairy beverages, instant tea, instant coffee, dry bases
for mixes, fruit-based beverages)/ Soft drinks (colas, citrus-flavoured drinks, fruit-based soft drinks)/
Sugars, sugar preserves and confectionery (calorie-free dustings, frostings, icings, toppings, fillings,
syrups)/ Alcoholic drinks (beer)/ Vinegar, pickles and sauces (sandwich spreads, salad dressings,
pickles, sauces, toppings)/ Dairy products (yoghurt and yoghurt-type products, dry bases for puddings,
desserts and dairy analogues, sugar-free ice-cream)/ Fruit, vegetables and nut products (fruit drinks,
fruit products, fruit yoghurt, sugar-free jams and marmalades, low-calorie preserves)/ Other (oral
cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, chewing gums, liquid concentrates, frozen and refrigerated desserts)
SYNONYMS: As potassium salt: CFSAN = Acesulfame potassium/ CAS 5589-62-3/ Potassium acesulfame/
Acesulfame K/ Sunnette/ Acetosulfam/ Potassium 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-1,2,2-dioxide/
HOE-095K
General form: 6-Methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-1,2,2-dioxide/ 6-Methyl-3,4-dihydro-1,2,3oxathiazin-4-1,2,2-dioxide/
Acetosulfam
FORMULA: C4 H4 NSO4 K (potassium salt); C4 H5 NO4 S general form
MOLECULAR MASS: 163.15 (201.24 as potassium salt)
ALTERNATIVE FORMS: Potassium salt
PROPERTIES AND APPEARANCE: White crystalline solid. Potassium salt–colourless, odourless powder. Sweet taste (200 times sweeter
than sucrose); very slight bitter/astringent aftertaste, noticeable at high concentrations. Rapid onset
time; thin mouthfeel body
MELTING RANGE IN °C: 250 (potassium salt); begins to decompose at 225°C on slow heating
DENSITY AT 20°C (AND OTHER solid – 1.81 g/cm3 TEMPERATURES) IN g/l: bulk – 1.1 to 1.3kg/dm3 PURITY %: 99.0 after drying