Most Americans have a relentless sweet tooth. Yet, most are also concerned about their weight. They want their sweets, but without all the extra calories from sugar.
Sugar substitutes are available in many foods.
It is estimated that the sales of these nonnutritive sweeteners will top 950 million dollars annually. Many diet beverages, candies, cakes, gum, gelatin, pudding, cookies, and other food products have removed real sugar from their list of ingredients and added sugar substitutes. The first artificial sweeteners, cyclamate and saccharin, were not better than sugar. Further research linked the sweeteners with the development of cancer in laboratory animals. Cyclamate was removed from the market.