• Question: How do the make artifical sweeteners?

    Asked by 786fddk47 to Ciara, Gonzalo, Yvonne on 17 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Gonzalo Delgado-Pando

      Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 17 Nov 2017:

      It depends on the sweetener, some of them are sintetised in a chemical lab. Like if they were a medicine. Actually, most of the sweeteners were discovered by accident when researching other drugs. Other sweeteners are extracted from plants.

    • Photo: Ciara O'Donovan

      Ciara O'Donovan answered on 17 Nov 2017:

      Artificial sweeteners are made of all sorts of things it depends on the sweetener. Aspartmae for example is made from joining together the amino acids aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Splenda is made from either of two sugars, sucrose or raffinose. Some other sweeteners such as stevia are made from plants.

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