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Question
What are artificial sweetening agents? Give two examples.
Solution 1
Artificial sweetening agents are chemicals that sweeten food. However, unlike natural sweeteners, they do not add calories to our body. They do not harm the human body. Some artificial sweeteners are aspartame, saccharin, sucrolose, and alitame.
Solution 2
Artificial sweeteners are chemical substances which are sweet in taste but do not add any calories to our body. They are excreted as such through urine. For example, saccharin, aspartame, alitame etc.
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After reading the above passage, answer the following questions:
(i) What are the values (at least two) displayed by Mr Lugani?
(ii) As a student, how can you spread awareness about this issue?
(iii) What are antidepressant drugs? Give an example.
(iv) Name the sweetening agent used in the preparation of sweets for a diabetic patient.
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What problem arises in using alitame as artificial sweetener?
Why the use of alitame as an artificial sweetener is not recommended?
Why the use of alitame as an artificial sweetener is not recommended?
Which of the following will not enhance nutritional value of food?
Sugar is the main source of energy as it produces energy on metabolic decomposition. But these days low calorie drinks are more popular, why?
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Name two α-amino acids which form a dipeptide which is 100 times more sweet than cane sugar?
Aspartame is unstable at cooking temperature, where would you suggest aspartame to be used for sweetening?
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Assertion: Preservative are added to food items.
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Assertion: Artificial sweeteners are added to the food to control the intake of calories.
Reason: Most of the artificial sweeteners are inert and do not metabolise in the body.
Which synthetic sweetener is 100 times sweeter than cane sugar?
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