Aspartame is one of the most common artificial sweeteners in the world, often used as a substitute for sugar in a wide range of foods and beverages, including diet soda, yogurt, gum, ice-cream, and candies. Its high intensity sweetener properties that is 200 times stronger than sucrose. Its ingredients include aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Despite few of the controversies, it is completely safe, approved by relevant authorities in respective countries.

With no food energy in it, Saccharin is a highly used artificial sweetener that is 550 times stronger than sucrose. It contains low calorie, which makes it a great substitute for sugar. It contains benzoic suflilimine which generally leaves metallic after taste. Saccharin is widely used in soft drinks, canned fruits, chewing gums, and baked goods. To that, it’s also a popular choice to for medicines and toothpastes. The sweetener is completely safe to consume, approved by all the relevant authorities.

A very popular sugar substitute used in cooking and baking, Sucralose is a zero-calorie artificial sweetener. It is 600 times sweeter than sucrose and doesn’t leave any bitter after taste, which is the case with so many other sweeteners. It’s highly safe, is stable in taste and is often credited to trigger weight loss. Ideal for consumption even for diabetic patients, Sucralose is an important ingredient in cookies and cakes.

Approximately 14,000 sweeter than table sugar, Neotame is another favorite artificial sweetener of food manufacturers. Additionally, it’s much cheaper than others in its category. To be used in limited quantity, the sweeter which is heat tolerant, is approved by FDA, and other authorities in many different countries, for general use. It is made by adding 3-dimethylbutyl to aspartame.

From baked goods, chewing gum and jams to drinks and tinned fruits, Sodium Saccharin is a well-renowned artificial sweeter that touts high application in food manufacturing. It doesn’t contain any calories but is several hundred times sweeter than sucrose. Although non-nutritive, it can help in weight loss and long-term weight control. The sweeter is approved by relevant activities and has many other benefits like fighting dental cavities.