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Main sweeteners and their sources

High- intensity sweeteners

Sweetener
E-Number
Use in foods and dietary sources ( ISA 2016 )
Acesulfame K E950
  • Table-top sweeteners
  • Replacing sugar in a variety of processed foods
    and beverages such as, flavoured carbonated
    and non-carbonated drinks/soft drinks,
    confectionery, desserts, jams, chewing gums
Aspartame E951
Advantame E969
Cyclamates E952
Neohesperidine DC E959
Neotame E961
Saccharins E954
Salt of Aspartame-Acesulfame E962
Steviol glycosides E960
Sucralose E955
Thaumatin E957

Polyols

Sweetener
E-Number
Use in foods and dietary sources ( EPA 2016 )
Erythritol E968
  • Replacing sugar in a variety of processed foods
    e.g. energy-reduced or with no added sugar products)
    such as:
    • confectionery (e.g. hard and soft candies)
    • fine bakery wares (e.g. cakes, biscuits)
    • ice-cream, desserts
    • Jams, crystallised fruit
    • sauces
  • Table-top sweeteners
Isomalt E422
Lactitol E965
Maltitol E953

Mannitol

E421
Polyglycitol Syrup E964
Sorbitol E420
Xylitol E967