Question

The artificial sweetener containing chlorine that has the appearance and taste as that of sugar and is stable at cooking temperature is:

• A. Aspartame
• B. Saccharin
• C. Sucralose
• D. Alitame

Answer 1

The correct option is C Sucralose

The artificial sweetener containing chlorine that has the appearance and taste as that of sugar and is stable at cooking temperature is sucralose.

Sucralose is derived from sugar through a multi-step patented manufacturing process that selectively substitutes three atoms of chlorine for three hydroxyl groups on the sugar molecule. This change produces a sweetener that has no calories, yet is 600 times sweeter than sucrose.

Sucralose tastes like sugar. Its chemical formula is $C_{12}{H}_{19}C{l}_3{O}_8$.

Hence, option $C$ is correct.