F & F Corner. (Markets: Specialties).(Tate and Lyle PLC, sucralose, backed by European Union, European Commission, Scientific Committee on Food)(Brief Article)

Chemical Market Reporter, July, 2002

SWEETENERS Tate & Lyle PLC's product sucralose has received the backing of the European Commission's Scientific Committee on Food (SCF). Sucralose has a sweetness potency of around 600 to 650 times that of sucrose, and is the only zero-calorie sweetener derived from sugar. The SCF has also given a thumbs-up to another sweetener, an aspartameacesulfame salt. The committee felt that this product was covered by the evaluations of two already-approved sweeteners, aspartame and acesulfame K. The acceptance proposal for sucralose and the aspartame-acesulfame salt still needs to be approved by the European Parliament and the European Council.

Earlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration approved neotame for use as a general-purpose sweetener in a wide...

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