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GK QUESTION#3457

Which aspartic-acid-containing dipeptide-derived sweetener is approximately 2000 times sweeter than sucrose?

  1. AAlitameCorrect answer
  2. BSaccharin
  3. CAspartame
  4. DSucralose
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A. Alitame

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Alitame is an aspartic-acid-containing dipeptide-derived sweetener. JECFA describes it as approximately 2000 times sweeter than sucrose. Aspartame is also peptide-derived but is much less intensely sweet; saccharin and sucralose have different chemical structures.

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