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Calorie Control Council Regulatory Handbook

The Calorie Control Council Regulatory Handbook serves as a global overview on the current use, safety assessments, regulatory status, and state of the science for low- and no-calorie sweeteners (LNCS), reduced-calorie sweeteners, and rare sugars.

The content of this handbook focuses on the following ingredients:

  • LNCS: Acesulfame-potassium (ace-K), advantame, alitame, aspartame, aspartame-acesulfame salt, cyclamate, monk fruit extract (also known as Luo Han Guo), neotame, saccharin, steviol glycosides, sucralose, and thaumatin.
  • Sugar Alcohols: Erythritol, hydrogenated starch hydrolysates (polyglycitol syrup), isomalt, maltitol, maltitol syrup, mannitol, sorbitol, sorbitol syrup, and xylitol.
  • Rare Sugars: Allulose, isomaltulose, and tagatose.

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Calorie Control Regulatory Handbook

This handbook serves as a global overview on the current use, safety assessments, regulatory status, and state of the science for LNCS, reduced-calorie sweeteners, and rare sugars. The content of this handbook focuses on the following ingredients:

  • LNCS: acesulfame-potassium (ace-K), advantame, alitame, aspartame, aspartame-acesulfame salt, cyclamate, monk fruit extract (also known as Luo Han Guo), neotame, saccharin, steviol glycosides, sucralose, and thaumatin.
  • Sugar Alcohols: erythritol, hydrogenated starch hydrolysates (polyglycitol syrup), isomalt, maltitol, maltitol syrup, mannitol, sorbitol, sorbitol syrup, and xylitol.
  • Rare Sugars: allulose, isomaltulose, and tagatose.

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