Question

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

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

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

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 $C_{12}{H}_{19}C{l}_3{O}_8$.