JEE Main2015ChemistryChemistry in Everyday LifeActual
Which artificial sweetener contains chlorine?
Options
- ASucralose
- BAlitame
- CSaccharin
- DAspartame
Correct answer
A. Sucralose
Step-by-step solution
Sucralose is an artificial sweetener. The majority of ingested sucralose is not broken down by the body, so it is no caloric. The structure of the Sucralose is Alitame is an aspartic acid-containing dipeptide sweetener. The structure of Alitame is Saccharin is an artificial sweetener with effectively no food energy which is about 400 times as sweet as sucrose or table sugar, but has a bitter or metallic aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. It is used to sweeten products such as drinks, candies, cookies, m