Canderel™

Description

One level teaspoon of granular Canderel is equivalent in sweetness to one level teaspoon of sugar, but it is much less caloric: 1 Teaspoon of Canderel (0.5g) = 2 Calories compared to 1 Teaspoon of Sugar (5g) = 16 Calories

Canderel tablets are available in dispensers in several sizes. One tablet is equivalent to one teaspoonful of sugar, but it contains about 50 times less calorie: one tablet of Canderel = 1/3 of a Calorie, compared to 1 teaspoon of sugar = 16 Calories.

One Canderel tablet is equivalent to one teaspoonful of sugar. 

Canderel^® is just one of the brand names under which aspartame is marketed. This sweetener is used in many diet soft drinks and food preparations. Scientists have verified its safety and established an Acceptable Daily Intake for aspartame.

Aspartame

Aspartame is a non caloric sweetener. It was discovered in 1965 and entered the market in the 80’s. A number of national and international organizations have assessed the safety of aspartame and an international committee of experts established an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) value.

Aspartame is a white, odourless powder, approximately 200 times sweeter than sugar, used in a number of foodstuffs throughout the world. It is marketed under several brand names, including Canderel® and NutraSweet®, and is labelled E951 in Europe. Aspartame is stable when dry or frozen but it breaks down and loses its sweetness over time when stored in liquids at temperatures above 30°C 

Absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion

The metabolism of aspartame and its metabolic breakdown products in animals, healthy individuals and in PKU subjects has been comprehensively reviewed by Lajtha et al. (1994). Aspartame is metabolised by gut esterases and peptidases to three common dietary components - two amino acids (aspartic acid and Phe) and methanol.

Animal studies have demonstrated that the metabolic breakdown products of aspartame are absorbed and metabolised similarly whether they are given alone or derived from aspartame. The extensive presystemic metabolism of aspartame results in little or no parent compound reaching the general circulation.

Initial studies focused on the effects of ingesting single bolus doses of aspartame on plasma aspartate and Phe levels and blood methanol concentrations in normal adults. These studies were done with doses of aspartame approximating current levels of dietary exposure (4 and 10 mg/kg bw), doses representative of premarketing projections of the high level intake and the ADI (34 and 40 mg/kg bw respectively), and ‘abuse’ doses of 100, 150 and 200 mg/kg bw (Stegink and Filer 1996).

The plasma Phe concentrations in healthy adults administered various doses of aspartame have been compared to values obtained: (1) in the fasting and postprandial state; (2) in individuals who are heterozygous for PKU; and (3) in subjects with various forms of hyperphenylalaninaemia other than PKU (Stegink et al 1990; Stegink and Filer, 1996). The data indicated that the plasma Phe concentrations after single bolus doses (ranging between 4 and 50 mg/kg bw) and repeated doses (30 and 69 mg/kg bw given as 3 and 8 divided doses respectively) of aspartame were generally within the normal postprandial range for this amino acid and well below those measured in subjects homozygous for PKU after ingestion of aspartame.

The aspartate component is rapidly metabolized and thus the plasma aspartate concentrations are not significantly elevated following aspartame doses of 34 to 50 mg/kg bw, whereas plasma Phe concentrations may increase depending on dose (Stegink, 1984). Methanol is also rapidly metabolized and blood levels are usually not detectable unless large bolus doses of aspartame (>50 mg/kg bw) are administered.

 ASPARTAME   FACTS

Many studies have been conducted on aspartame and its breakdown products in experimental animals and in humans. To date, they conclude that:

4.1 There is no link between aspartame and damage to the genes or cancer.

4.2 Aspartame does not affect reproduction and development, apart from marginal effects at a very high dose more than 100 times greater than the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI).

4.3 Aspartame does not produce nervous system disorders.

4.4 Aspartame does not affect behavior, cognition and mood, except possibly in depressed individuals.

4.5 Aspartame has not been found to trigger headaches.

4.6 A large number of scientists have refuted a suggested link between aspartame and epileptic seizures.

4.7 Aspartame does not cause allergies and has not been shown

Canderel Healthy Sugar is the new variant of Canderel which contains Sucralose 

Canderel Healthy Sugar is

•     Healthy alternative to Sugar

•     Wide usage includes tea, coffee, cooking & baking

•     Pour like sugar

•     Taste like sugar

•     Calories 10 times less than sugar

•     Made from sugar

Sucralose is a zero-calorie artificial sweetener. Sucralose is approximately 600 times as sweet as sucrose. It is stable under heat and over a broad range of pH conditions. Therefore, it can be used in baking or in products that require a longer shelf life. The commercial success of sucralose-based products stems from its favorable comparison to other low-calorie sweeteners in terms of taste, stability, and safety. 

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