Application acesulfame K in soft drinks

Acesulfame k can be used as a sweetening agent on a wide range of products for instance in low calorie products, diabetic foods, sugarless products, oral hygiene preparations, pharmaceuticals, and animal feeds. Low-caloric and calories-reduced beverages are a highly important field of applications for acesulfame K.

Acesulfame is suitable for low calories and diet beverages because of its good stability in aqueous solution even at low pH typical of diet soft drinks.

As with all intense sweeteners, sweetness potency of acesulfame K relative to sucrose decreases with increasing concentration and varies with the medium in which the sweetener is being tested and the method used for quantifying sweetness.

The taste profile of acesulfame K is generally considered to be superior to saccharin.

It has a rapid onset time but the sweetness quality is marred by a bitter astringent aftertaste that is particularly noticeable at higher concentrations.

The taste quality of blends with acesulfame K with other sweetness is superior to single sweeteners even at the fairly high sweetens level of these beverages.

When acesulfame K is blended with other sweeteners for beverage use, it may be reasonable to deviate from blend rations which provide the highest synergistic sweetness enhancement.

Especially in blends of acesulfame K and aspartame variation of blend rations allows modifications of the time-intensity profile of sweetness and adaptation to flavour profiles.

High levels of synergisms (30% and above) occur with aspartame and to a lesser extent with cyclamate, glucose, fructose and sucrose.

Acesulfame K containing beverages can be pasteurized under normal pasteurization conditions without loss of sweetness.

Pasteurization for longer periods at lower temperature is possible, as is short-term pasteurization for a few seconds at high temperature.
Application acesulfame K in soft drinks

Acesulfame K in soft drink

Acesulfame K is the generic name for the potassium salt of 6-methyl-1, 2, 3-oxathiazine-4 (3H)-one-2,2, dioxide.

Acesulfame K was first approved for limited use by FDA in July 1988 and then additionally approved for use in beverages in 1998.

The relative of sweetness of acesulfame K varies from 100 to 200, depending on concentration and application.

Acesulfame is suitable for low calorie and diet beverages because of its good stability in aqueous solution even at low pH typical of diet soft drinks.

The maximum use level in soft drinks within European Union is 350 mg/l and therefore, it must be combined with other sweeteners to reach a sweetness level of 10° Brix equivalent.

If used by itself, acesulfame K can impart sweetness comparable to 8%-10% sucrose, but mixtures of acesulfame K with other intense sweeteners are more predominantly used of the sucrose-like taste these blends provide.

PepsiCo was the first soft drink company to use acesulfame K in their new PepsiONE soda, but it is now used in many brands of sodas, fruit drinks, and nutraceutical beverages in the United States.
Acesulfame K in soft drink

Acesulfame K in Soft Drinks as a Sweetener

Acesulfame K in Soft Drinks as a Sweetener
As with all intense sweeteners, sweetness potency of acesulfame K relative to sucrose decreases with increasing concentration and varies with the medium in which the sweetener is being tested and the method used for qualifying sweetness.

The taste profile of acesulfame K is generally considered to be superior to saccharin. It has a rapid onset time but the sweetness quality is marred by a bitter astringent aftertaste that is particularly noticeable at higher concentrations.

Sweetness quality can be greatly improved by combining with other intense and bulk sweeteners. High levels of synergism (30% and above) reportedly occur with aspartame and to a lesser extent with cyclamate, glucose fructose and sucrose.

Very little synergy is repeated to occur with saccharin , possible because they compete for the same sweet receptor site.

The aftertaste of acesulfame K can be masked in some cases by the addition of sugar alcohols maltol and ethyl maltol.

In soft drinks as a sole sweetener, levels of 600-800 and 550-750 mg/l for cola and citrus flavored drinks, respectively are appropriate.

Blending with other sweeteners, in particular aspartame, gives a much more acceptable product.
Acesulfame K in Soft Drinks as a Sweetener

Acesulfame K

Acesulfame K
Acesulfame K is the generic name for the potassium salt of 6 methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazine-4(3H)-one-2.2.disoxide; it is a derivative of acetoacetic acid and was discovered by the German company in 1967.

Acesulfame K is a white, non-hygroscopic crystalline; at room temperature solubility (270 g/l) in water, poor in organic solvent, but increases in solvent water mixtures.

Application in soft drinks: sensory
As with all intense sweeteners, sweetness potency of acesulfame K relative to sucrose decreases with increasing concentration and varies with the medium in which the sweetener is being tested and the method used for quantifying sweetness.

The taste profile of acesulfame K is generally considered to be superior to saccharin.

It has a rapid onset time but the sweetness quality is marred by a bitter astringent aftertaste that is particularly noticeable at higher concentrations.

Sweetness quality can be greatly improved buy combining with other intense and bulk sweetness.

High levels of synergisms (30% and above) occur with aspartame and to a lesser extent with cyclamate, glucose, fructose and sucrose.
Acesulfame K