1991/12/31 by Grant E. DuBois, D. Eric Walters, Susan S. Schiffman +6 · 1 citation
Nursing · Chemistry · Mathematics · #Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques #Aspartame #Sweetness #Food science #Sugar #Artificial Sweetener #Sucrose #Chemistry #Sucralose #Linear relationship #Saccharin #Food additive #Mathematics #Biology #Statistics #Endocrinology
paper · doi:10.1021/bk-1991-0450.ch020
openalex publication_date 1991/12/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Sweetness intensity ratings were made by a trained panel for a range of concentrations of nineteen sweeteners. Panelists were trained to make sweetness ratings relative to six sucrose standards (2%-16%). The shapes of the concentration-response plots were sweetener-dependent. Sugars and sugar alcohols yielded linear concentration-response relationships for intensities up to that of a 16% sucrose standard. Highpotency sweeteners including aspartame, acesulfame-K and alitame yielded hyperbolic concentration-response plots.