Question

The use of Aspartame is limited to cold foods and drinks because:

• A. It is unstable to heat and decomposes at cooking temperature
• B. It is $500$ times sweeter than cane sugar
• C. It becomes bitter at cooking temperature
• D. It reacts with the food at cooking temperature

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

Sugar substitutes are substances that are used in place of sweeteners with sugar (sucrose) or sugar alcohols. They may also be called artificial sweeteners.
Aspartame is the most successful and widely used artificial sweetener. It is roughly 100 times as sweet as cane sugar. It is methyl ester of dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Use of aspartame is limited to cold foods and soft drinks because it is unstable at cooking temperature.