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JEE Main 20169 AprilOnline
Exam
JEE Main
Year
2016
Date
9 April
Mode
Online
Subject
Chemistry
Chapter
Chemistry in Everyday Life

JEE Main 2016 · 9 April · Online · Chemistry · Chemistry in Everyday Life

The artificial sweetener that has the highest sweetness value in...

The artificial sweetener that has the highest sweetness value in comparison to cane sugar is:

Options

  1. ASucralose
  2. BAspartame
  3. CSaccharin
  4. DAlitame

Correct answer

D. Alitame

Step-by-step solution

Natural sweeteners, e.g., sucrose add to calorie intake and therefore many people prefer to use artificial sweeteners. Ortho-sulphobenzimide, also called saccharin, is the first popular artificial sweetening agent. It is about 550 times as sweet as cane sugar. Aspartame is 100 times as sweet as cane sugar. Sucralose is 600 times as sweet as cane sugar. Alitame is an artificial sweetener that has 1000 times the sweetness value of cane sugar.

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