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Neotame is an artificial sweetener made by that is between 7,000 and 13,000 times sweeter than (table sugar). In the European Union it is kn Neotame Powder own by the E961. Neotame is moderately heat stable and extremely potent. Neotame is rapidly metabolized and completely eliminated and does not accumulate in the body.
Introduction
Sweetener Neotame, Food/Pharma Grade is an intensive sweetener and flavor enhancer, about 7,000~13,000 times of sucrose (table sugar). Widely approved to be used in food and beverages by most countries, in the European Union, it is known by the E number E961, also been approved to used in pharma industry as excipients and feed industry as sweetener.
Functions and Applications
Neotame Powder is a nocalorie sweetener, which is a derivative of the dipeptide composed of the amino acidaspartic acid and phenylalanine. The components of neotame are joined together to form a uniquely sweet ingredient.
| Sweetener name | Relative sweetness |
| Saccharin sodium | 300-500 |
| NHDC | 1500-1800 |
| Neotame | 7000-13000 |
| Test items | Acceptance criteria | Result |
| Appearance | White to off-white powder | White powder |
| Identification | Conforms to standard | Conforms |
| Solubility | Sparingly soluble in water and very soluble in Alcohol | Conforms |
| Specific Rotation | -40.0°~-43.4° | -42.73° |
| Water | ≤5.0% | 4.10% |
| pH | 5.0 ~7.0 | 5.75 |
| Residue on ignition | ≤0.2% | 0.03% |
| Lead | ≤2PPM | Not Detected |
| Related Substances | Related Compound A: ≤1.5 %Total other impurities: ≤2.0% | 0.15%0.11% |
| Residual solvents | Methanol ≤ 0.1% | Not Detected |
| Ethanol ≤ 0.1% | Not Detected | |
| Melting Point | 80 ~ 84°C | Conforms |
| Assay | 97.0% —102.0% | 99.75% |
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