Sugar for regular soda, and aspartame for diet soda. Sometimes Splenda is used in diet soda.
The chemical formula for an artificial sweetener will depend upon which artificial sweetener was used.
The ingredients in Equal sweetener are dextrose with maltodextrin, aspartame and acesulfame potassium. Equal sweetener is a popular sweetener used daily by many.
Scandinavian snus does not contain sugar. American snus, however, contains an artificial sweetener called sucralose, which is used in diet soft drinks.
One of the ingredients in Bubblious bubble gum is a deadly sweetener called Aspartame also used in diet sodas & low fat yogurt.
Sweetener.
Normally, the difference is in the sweetener such as with non-diet Coke. In Diet Coke that is kosher for passover, Coke uses specific aspartame that is labeled as "kosher for passover". The equipment used to create the beverage is separate from that used to create Coke that is not kosher for passover, in accordance to passover law.
Aspartame is the most common sweetener (not sugar) that is used in diet drinks... this is over 200 times sweeter than sucrose or glucose, therefore you need 200 times less aspartame to get the same level of sweetness
The artificial sweetener used is Aspartame. It is about 300 times sweetner than natural sugar and is actually a dipeptide composed of aspartic acid and phenylalanine. I believe one of the first popular artificial sweeteners used in diet sodas within the USA was saccharin.
they used it as a sweetener in tea in Britain
Aspartame is the most common sweetener (not sugar) that is used in diet drinks... this is over 200 times sweeter than sucrose or glucose, therefore you need 200 times less aspartame to get the same level of sweetness
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