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High-intensity sweeteners provide sweetness at low inclusion levels without contributing significant bulk. They are particularly relevant to oral pharmaceutical and nutraceutical formulations where palatability is important, including chewable tablets, oral powders, lozenges and liquid preparations.
They can be used alone or combined with polyols and other excipients to balance sweetness and reduce the perception of undesirable taste notes.
Steviol glycosides from Stevia (E 960a) provide intense sweetness, typically around 200–300 times that of sucrose, depending on the glycoside composition.
Selected grades offer good solubility and stability across a range of processing and formulation conditions. Steviol glycosides can be used to improve palatability in dietary supplements, including gummies, chewable tablets, oral powders, sachets and liquid supplements.
Suitability for specific applications depends on the grade, formulation conditions and applicable regulatory requirements.
Monk fruit (Siraitia grosvenorii) extracts contain naturally occurring mogrosides responsible for their intense sweetness. Concentrated extracts can provide sweetness up to approximately 200 times that of sucrose, depending on their composition.
Their technical properties make them of potential interest for sweetening oral supplement formulations, including powders, chewable tablets and liquid preparations. However, concentrated mogroside extracts are not generally authorised as sweeteners in the EU. Their use in Nordic nutraceutical products therefore requires confirmation of the specific ingredient’s regulatory status before formulation or commercialisation.
Aspartame (E 951) provides approximately 200 times the sweetness of sucrose, with a relatively clean, sugar-like taste.
Its high sweetening power makes it useful in oral formulations where sweetness is required without adding significant bulk. Potential applications include chewable tablets, orally disintegrating tablets, oral powders and selected liquid preparations.
Aspartame is most suitable for formulations and processing conditions that do not expose it to prolonged heat or conditions that may affect its stability. Its use is subject to applicable regulatory and labelling requirements.
Aspartame
E951
Stevia
E960a
Monk fruit extract
Mogrosides
Lene Aarøe Nissen
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+45 22 70 10 02
lan@alsiano.com
