People are often confused about the difference between non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) and nutritive sweeteners (NS). Since NNS is intensely sweet compared to NS, it contains zero calories because little is needed to make a product sweet. For example, saccharin is a NNS and is about 20,000-70,000 times sweeter than sucrose, white sugar. NS contain carbohydrates and calories, which provides energy, and are found in fruits, dairy, and vegetables.
NNS do not have the same functions as NS. NS can cause browning, crystallization, and microbial inhibition, but NNS can do very little such as, increase sweetness. NS are found in food: sucrose (a disaccharide containing glucose and fructose), glucose (monosaccharide), fructose (monosaccharide found in fruit, honey, and some vegetables), lactose (monosaccharide and less sweet than sucrose and found in dairy products), maltose (disaccharide made up of two glucose), and corn-based sweetener (glucose, fructose, or both) (Fitch & Keim, 2012). On labels, sugar is referred to sucrose, and added sugars are other sugars and syrups added to the food product.
Why it’s controversial Many people are skeptic if NNS are good or bad for a person’s health. People tend to believe everything the media says to them. For example, television persuades their …show more content…
Ludwig, Peterson, and Gortmaker (2001) believe that the more sweetened drinks children consume the greater their body mass index (BMI) will become. More than 500 children at different schools volunteered in a study. Children were observed if sugar sweetened drinks were the cause of child obesity. At the beginning of the study, researchers collected anthropometric data, BMI, and questionnaires that participants completed. Students answered questionnaires relating to their dietary intake, exercise, and television viewing. SUDAAN software was used to calculate and organize Ludwig’s, Peterson’s, and Gortmaker’s
NNS do not have the same functions as NS. NS can cause browning, crystallization, and microbial inhibition, but NNS can do very little such as, increase sweetness. NS are found in food: sucrose (a disaccharide containing glucose and fructose), glucose (monosaccharide), fructose (monosaccharide found in fruit, honey, and some vegetables), lactose (monosaccharide and less sweet than sucrose and found in dairy products), maltose (disaccharide made up of two glucose), and corn-based sweetener (glucose, fructose, or both) (Fitch & Keim, 2012). On labels, sugar is referred to sucrose, and added sugars are other sugars and syrups added to the food product.
Why it’s controversial Many people are skeptic if NNS are good or bad for a person’s health. People tend to believe everything the media says to them. For example, television persuades their …show more content…
Ludwig, Peterson, and Gortmaker (2001) believe that the more sweetened drinks children consume the greater their body mass index (BMI) will become. More than 500 children at different schools volunteered in a study. Children were observed if sugar sweetened drinks were the cause of child obesity. At the beginning of the study, researchers collected anthropometric data, BMI, and questionnaires that participants completed. Students answered questionnaires relating to their dietary intake, exercise, and television viewing. SUDAAN software was used to calculate and organize Ludwig’s, Peterson’s, and Gortmaker’s