Question

(i) Why are artiflcial sweetening agents harmless when taken ?
(ii) Name one such artificial sweeting agent.

(iii) Why is the use of aspartame as an artificial sweetener limited to cold
foods ?

Answer 1

[Hint : (i) Because they are not metabolized by body and excreted from the body in urine unchanged.
(ii) Aspartame.
(iii) Because it is unstable at cooking temperature.]