Artificial Sweetener Acesulfame Potassium Aspartame
Acesulfame potassium, also known as Acesulfame K (K is the symbol for potassium) or Ace K , is a synthetic calorie-free sugar substitute (artificial sweetener) often marketed under the trade names Sunett and Sweet One. In the European Union, it is known under the E number (additive code) E950.It was discovered accidentally in 1967 by German chemist Karl Clauss at Hoechst AG (now Nutrinova). In chemical structure, acesulfame potassium is the potassium salt of 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazine-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide. It is a white crystalline powder with molecular formula C4H4KNO4S and a molecular weight of 201.24 g/mol.
Product Name Acesulfame K
Definition Chemical name: Potassium Salt of 6-methyl- 1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3H)-one-2,2-dioxide
C.A.S. number: 55589-62-3; E number: 950
Chemical formula: C4H4KNO4S Molecular weight: 201.24
Description White, odorless , free flowing crystalline powder having an intensively sweet taste.
Approximately 200 times as sweet as sucrose (3% solution)
Functional Use High potency-low caloric sweetener
Tests and Methods: FCC10, EP9, USP39-NF34
| Test item | Requirement | Result |
| Identifications |
| Solubility in water | Freely soluble Freely soluble |
| Solubility in ethanol Slightly soluble Slightly soluble |
| Ultraviolet absorption | 227 + 2 nm | 227 nm |
| Test for potassium | Positive | Positive |
| Precipitation test Yellow precipitate Yellow precipitate |
| Assay (Titrimetric method) 99 0~101 0 % 99 47% |
| Purity |
| Loss on drying( 105C,2h)  1 % 0.02% |
| Organic impurities (HPLC)  20 mg/kg < 20 mg/kg |
| Impurity A* |  0. 125 % | < 0. 125 % |
| Impurity B ** |  20 mg/kg | < 20 mg/kg |
| Fluoride |  3 mg/kg | 0. 18mg/kg |
| Heavy metals |  5 mg/kg | 1.0mg/kg |
| Lead |  1 mg/kg | 0.06mg/kg |
| pH ( 1 in 100 Solution) 5.5~7.5 5.86 |
* Impurity A=3-oxobutanamide * Impurity B=5-chloro-6-methyl- 1,2,3-oxathiazin-4(3h)-one2,2-dioxide
Application:Acesulfame potassium is widely used in the human diet and excreted by the kidneys. It thus has been used by researchers as a marker to estimate to what degree swimming pools are contaminated by urine.
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Package :by 25kgs/carton box 12.6mt per 20'fcl or by 25kgs/carton drum 18mt per 20'fcl with pallet
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