[Sca-cooks] AlternaSweet?

[Randy Goldberg MD]

> Has anyone run across 'acesulfame potassium', trade name AlternaSweet?
> It is apparently a non-Aspartame alternative sweetner, newly approved
> for beverages. Supposedly safe- no labelling or anything. I encountered
> it today in a bottle of Powerade.
>
> I don't care if it's safe. I don't care if it has no calories. What I
> care about was that it tasted VILE! Bleah! Is it any better in other
> stuff? Or do I have another thing I have to look for on the label?

Most potassium salts taste NASTY... which is why those salt substitutes
based on potassium chloride are so awful. Personally, I find acesulfame
potassium almost as repellent as sodium saccharin.

Avraham