Edulcorantes no calóricos empleados en alimentos procesados

Abstract

Abstract:The Ecuadorian market has a large supply of processed foods sweetened with non-caloric sweeteners (NCS) in response to the implementation of public policies to reduce sugar consumption and warning labeling. Processed food manufacturers to offer the consumer the classic sweetness level has been using one or more NCS. Additionally, to capture the customer's attention, several packages present phrases such as zero sugar , sweetened with stevia or calorie-free despite having a mixture of non-caloric and caloric sweeteners. The present work was developed with the objective of creating a database of processed foods sold in the city of Ambato to investigate the most used ENC. Information was collected from 450 foods and grouped into six categories. The 61% used a single ENC, 37% had the combination of two ENC and 2% used the mixture of three ENC. The most used sweetener was sucralose and the most used combination was aspartame and acesulfame K.