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CAS NO:55589-62-3
EC NO:259-715-3
E 950 (/ˌeɪsiːˈsʌlfeɪm/ AY-see-SUL-faym), also known as acesulfame K (K is the symbol for potassium) or Ace K, is a synthetic calorie-free sugar substitute (artificial sweetener) often marketed under the trade names Sunett and Sweet One. In the European Union, it is known under the E number (additive code) E950.-
E 950 was discovered accidentally in 1967 by German chemist Karl Clauss at Hoechst AG (now Nutrinova). In chemical structure, acesulfame potassium is the potassium salt of 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazine-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide.
E 950 is a white crystalline powder with molecular formula C4H4KNO4S and a molecular weight of 201.24 g/mol.
Properties
E 950 is 200 times sweeter than sucrose (common sugar), as sweet as aspartame, about two-thirds as sweet as saccharin, and one-third as sweet as sucralose. Like saccharin, it has a slightly bitter aftertaste, especially at high concentrations. Kraft Foods patented the use of sodium ferulate to mask acesulfame's aftertaste.
E 950 is often blended with other sweeteners (usually sucralose or aspartame). These blends are reputed to give a more sucrose-like taste whereby each sweetener masks the other's aftertaste, or exhibits a synergistic effect by which the blend is sweeter than its components.
E 950 has a smaller particle size than sucrose, allowing for its mixtures with other sweeteners to be more uniform.
Unlike aspartame, E 950 is stable under heat, even under moderately acidic or basic conditions, allowing it to be used as a food additive in baking, or in products that require a long shelf life.
Although E 950 has a stable shelf life, it can eventually degrade to acetoacetamide, which is toxic in high doses. In carbonated drinks, it is almost always used in conjunction with another sweetener, such as aspartame or sucralose.
E 950 is also used as a sweetener in protein shakes and pharmaceutical products, especially chewable and liquid medications, where it can make the active ingredients more palatable. The acceptable daily intake of acesulfame potassium is listed as 15 mg/kg/day.
E 950 is widely used in the human diet and excreted by the kidneys.
E 950 thus has been used by researchers as a marker to estimate to what degree swimming pools are contaminated by urine.
Other names for E950 are potassium acesulfamate, potassium salt of 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxothiazin-4(3H)-one-2,3-dioxide, and potassium 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazine-4(3H)-one-3-ate-2,2-dioxide.
E 950, 200 times sweeter than sugar, is an artificial sweetener used in food and beverage to replace sugar by providing a sweet taste with no calories and zero glycemic index, which may be helpful in controlling weight & obesity and benefit to diabetes. The European food additive number is E950.
E 950 is commercially made from the chemical reactions among sulfamic acid, diketene, triethylamine, acetic acid, sulfur trioxide and potassium hydroxide.
E 950 is commonly used in reduced sugar/calorie food, e.g. soft drinks, table top sweeteners, baked goods, confectionery and dairy products.
E 950 has a bitter aftertaste when used alone so it is usually combined with aspartame to mask its metallic taste and exhibits a synergistic sweet effect, for example, in Pepsi’s zero sugar soda.
In Europe, there is an ingredient called “salt of aspartame-acesulfame”, which is made of two molecule aspartame with one molecule acesulfame K, with the E number E 950.
E 950 can also be blended with sucralose or sugar alcohols to generate a more sugar-like taste.
E 950 is widely used in carbonated drinks for its purpose of good sweet taste and zero calorie, and we can find this ingredient in the label of diet coke feisty cherry and coca-cola zero sugar of Coca-Cola’s products.
E 950 – chemical formula of the raw material – C4H4KNO4S.
E 950 is a sweetener, code E950.
E 950 is used as a sweetener by food producers.
E 950 comes in the form of a white crystalline powder. Is an odorless product.
E 950 dissolves very well in water, weaker in ethanol.
E 950 should be stored in its original closed packaging, in dry, cool places, in hygienic conditions that provide protection against pests and contaminations.
A low-calorie sweetener.
E 950 is also organic and a salt.
E 950 doesn't take advantage of the kind that would be taken from any hotel as I was displayed without taking advantage of the value for digestion. Thanks to this feature, this crazy choice is made in the formation of many food industries.
E 950 is also preferred because it gives balanced and appropriate flavors to foods.
Usage Areas:
E 950 is used in many bakery products.
E 950 is also used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer in chewing gums and non-alcoholic beverages. This must also have been extensively tried and transferred to temporal food productions.
E 950 is a no-calorie sweetener that is used in a variety of foods and beverages. While some types of sugar alternatives are considered caloric (e.g., high-fructose corn syrup and honey), some are low-calorie (e.g., aspartame), and others are no-calorie (e.g., Ace-K, sucralose, monk fruit sweeteners, stevia sweeteners, and others), collectively they are often referred to as artificial sweeteners, high-intensity sweeteners, low-calorie sweeteners, nonnutritive sweeteners, or sugar substitutes.
The “K” in Ace-K is the symbol for the chemical element potassium, which comes from the Latin word for potassium, kalium. Although E 950 contains potassium, the amount is so low it doesn’t contribute to your daily potassium intake.
E 950 often is used in combination with other low- and no-calorie sweeteners such as aspartame or sucralose. When acesulfame potassium is used in a food or beverage, it will appear in the ingredient list for that product as either E 950, acesulfame K or acesulfame potassium.
Chemical & Physical Properties:
Density: 1.512g/cm3
Boiling Point: 332.7ºC at 760 mmHg
Melting Point: 229-232°C (dec.)
Molecular Formula: C4H4KNO4S
Molecular Weight: 201.242
Flash Point: 155ºC
Exact Mass: 200.949814
PSA: 68.82000
LogP: 0.47680
Storage condition: 0-6°C
About E 950
Helpful information
E 950 is registered under the REACH Regulation and is manufactured in and / or imported to the European Economic Area, at ≥ 1 000 to < 10 000 tonnes per annum.
E 950 is used in manufacturing.
Consumer Uses
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which E 950 is most likely to be released to the environment.
Article service life
ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which E 950 is most likely to be released to the environment. ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or into which articles the substance might have been processed.
Widespread uses by professional workers
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using E 950. ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which E 950 is most likely to be released to the environment.
Formulation or re-packing
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which E 950 is most likely to be released to the environment.
Uses at industrial sites
ECHA has no public registered data indicating whether or in which chemical products the substance might be used. ECHA has no public registered data on the types of manufacture using E 950. ECHA has no public registered data on the routes by which E 950 is most likely to be released to the environment.
Manufacture
Release to the environment of E 950 can occur from industrial use: manufacturing of the substance.
E 950 is used as a potent sweetener in cosmetics, foods and beverage products, table-top sweeteners, vitamins and pharmaceutical preparations, including powder mixtures, tablets and liquid products.
GROUPS / USES:
-Flavor & Fragrance,
-Food & Beverage,
-Food Additives,
-Sweetners
E 950 is found in most rooms and parts.
E 950 is also common in the use of other beneficiaries such as aspartame, which is used to get into the region or education. For example, where it is located; have soda, juice, dairy products, ice cream, desserts, jams, marmalades, toothpastes, mouthwashes, chewing gums, exercises, food dishes, salad dressings and seasonings.
E 950 is a no-calorie sweetener that is used in foods and beverages to provide sweetness without the added calories contained in sugars. While some types of sweeteners are considered no-calorie (e.g., acesulfame potassium, monk fruit sweeteners, stevia sweeteners and sucralose) and others are low-calorie (e.g., aspartame), this category of ingredients is often collectively referred to as artificial sweeteners, high-intensity sweeteners, low-calorie sweeteners, low- and no-calorie sweeteners, nonnutritive sweeteners or sugar substitutes.
E 950 is a calorie-free sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar.
E 950 is used in various food products available in the market.
E 950 is one of the five artificial sweeteners approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Specifications:
Appearance: White to Almost white powder to crystal
Purity(Ion exchange titration) min. 98.0 %
Solubility in Water: almost transparency
E 950 Food Grade A is a sugar replacement that has very high solubility.
E 950 works for all applications and is about 200 times sweeter than sugar.
E 950 is a white crystalline powder C4H4KNO4S that is a cyclic organic potassium salt, has a sweetness much more intense than sucrose, and is used as a noncaloric sweetener in foods and beverages.
E 950 is a chemically produced sweetener.
E 950 was invented in Germany in 1967 and entered different markets in 1983.
E 950 is up to 200 times sweeter than sugar but has a bitter aftertaste.
E 950 is synthetically produced from acetoacetic acid and fluorosulfonyl isocyanate.
E 950 forms a compound which is converted to fluorosulfonyl acetoacetic acid amide, which is then cyclized (a reaction for a part of a molecule similar to another molecule to form a closed ring) with potassium hydroxide to form an oxathiazinone dioxide ring system from which extracts potassium acetate.
E 950 is a calorie-free sweetener that is 200x sweeter than table sugar.
E 950 is used in many diet products, including sugar-free versions of Red Bull, Rockstar, Bang, and Monster.
E 950 is known for having a bitter aftertaste, which often leads to it being paired with other artificial sweeteners.
E 950 reportedly can disrupt metabolic processes and interfere with appetite regulation, blood sugar control, and body weight.
E 950 is an artificial sweetener used to substitute sugar in low calorie products.
E 950 is 100 – 300 times sweeter than sucrose.
E 950 is most commonly used in foods and soft drinks in combination with aspartame to provide a sweet flavor without metallic aftertaste.
E 950 is mainly available as a potassium salt. Calcium and sodium acesulfame can be produced but are not as sweet.
Commercially available E 950 is found as a white crystalline powder, stable at room temperature.
E 950 is commercially produced using the following process:
Reaction of acetoacetamide-N-sulfonic acid with sulfur oxide to produce dihydrooxathiazinone dioxide ring system.
Salt reaction: KOH is added to the solution to produce acesulfame K salt.
Isolation: the solution is centrifuged to isolate this.
Washing: water is added to wash the product, and remove potential impurities.
Drying: this sweetener is dried using a vacuum drier to obtain a crystalline powder.
Sieving: to the appropriate granulometry.
E 950 is commonly used in low calorie food products such as:
-Carbonated beverages
-Dairy products and edibles ices
-Baked goods
-Cereals
-Sweets and chewing gums
-Jams, marmalades and preserves
-Delicatessen products
-Edible papers
When using this in baking, several considerations should be taken into account:
-Water-soluble bulking agent should be used to adjust texture, due to the absence of the bulking properties of sugar when using acesulfame.
-Sugar-alcohols should be used as potential bulking agents for texture adjustment.
-Common usage levels are around or below 1000 mg/kg.
-Does not significantly affect the product’s texture or appearance.
-E 950 works synergistically with sugar alcohols.
-Yields paler products due to lack of reducing sugars for Maillard browning reactions.
-Stable under baking pH and temperature conditions.Most common blend of acesulfame K is with aspartame in sweet beverages.
IUPAC names:
1,2,3-Oxathiazin-4(3H)-one, 6-methyl-, 2,2-dioxide,
6-Methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide, potassium salt
6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide, potassium salt
6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide, potassium salt
potassium 6-methyl-2,2,4-trioxo-3,4-dihydro-1,2lambda6,3-oxathiazin-3-ide
potassium 6-methyl-2,2-dioxo-2H-1,2λ6,3-oxathiazin-4-olate
potassium 6-methyl-2,2-dioxo-oxathiazin-4-olate
potassium 6-methyl-2,2-dioxooxathiazin-4-olate
Potassium 6-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4-olate 2,2-dioxide
potassium;6-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1-oxa-2$l^{6}-thia-3-azanidacyclohex-5-en-4-one
Sunett (R)
SYNONYMS:
6-METHYL-1,2,3-OXATHIAZIN-4(3H)-ONE 2,2-DIOXIDE POTASSIUM SALT
ACESULFAME K
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM SALT
POTASSIUM 6-METHYL-1,2,3-OXATHIAZIN-4(3H)-ONE 2,2-DIOXIDE
RARECHEM AM UC 0205
SUNETTE
SWEET ONE
1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3h)-one,6-methyl-,2,2-dioxide,potassiumsalt
6-methyl-3,4-dihydro-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4-one2,2-dioxidepotassiumsalt
potassiumacesulfame
Potassiumsaltof6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one-2,2-dioxide
sunett
Acesulfamum Kalicum
ACESULFAME-K FCC 99-101%
ACESULFAME POTASSIUM(AK)
ACESULPHAME-K
POTASSIUMACESULFAMEK
ASPARTAMEACESULPHAMESALT
ACESULPHAMEPOTASSIUM
