Low calorie sweeteners are compounds which are sweet in taste but contains no or zero calories. This inherited property makes it useful in maintaining blood glucose levels of diabetic patients over the conventional sugars. The commonly used low calorie artificial sweeteners are saccharin, acesulfame, aspartame, neotame, and sucralose. Increasing population demand for natural products has shown downfall in artificial low calorie sweeteners as compared to the natural sweeteners. 更多
