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SUMMARY
One of the dietary trends for the period 1987/88 to 1997/98 is the increased use of soft drinks, fruit
juices and milk products. Not only the amount of users but also the intake has increased.
Soft drinks, but also a growing number of yoghurt drinks, toothpaste, dietary supplements and
other products may contain sweeteners. A growing number of consumers might choose for these
products because of the obesity problem.
European Parliament and Council Directives require each Member State to monitor the
consumption and usage of food additives like sweeteners. The purpose of this study was 2-fold:
firstly to analyse the sweeteners aspartame, acesulfame K, saccharin and cyclamate in foods
available on the Dutch market and comparison of these results with the legislation. Secondly, to
estimate the intake of these individual sweeteners by Dutch people and compare these results with
the Acceptable Daily Intakes (ADI) for the individual sweeteners.
From results of this study it appeared that 4% of the products analysed exceed the legislative
values. The mean intense sweetener intake of the Dutch population does not exceed the ADI.
However, young children who are high-level consumers of intense sweetener containing soft drinks
or dilutable drinks, might exceed the ADI of cyclamate by a factor two.
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