[Sca-cooks] AlternaSweet?
Randy Goldberg MD
goldberg at bestweb.net
Thu Mar 14 04:10:26 PST 2002
> 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
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