Acesulfame Potassium
Acesulfame potassium is known as AK sugar, acesulfame K, acesulfame-k. It is an organic synthetic salt with a taste similar to sugar. Acesulfame K is white crystalline powder. CAS NO. : 55589-62-3
Applications:
Acesulfame potassium is a non-nutritive sweetener that can be mixed with other sweeteners, especially when combined with aspartame and sodium cyclamate. Acesulfame K does not participate in body metabolism nor provide energy. It has high sweetness but very cheap price comparing to other sweeteners.
Acesulfame K can be widely used in various foods such as beverages, pickles, ice cream, pastries, jams and gums.
Specification:
| Items | Standard |
| Solubility in Water | Freely Soluble |
| Solubility in Ethanol | Slightly Soluble |
| Ultraviolet Absorption | 227±2nm |
| Test for Potassium | Positive |
| Precipitation test | Yellow Precipitate |
| Assay Content | 99.0～101.0% |
| Loss on Drying(105℃,2h) | ≤1% |
| Organic Impurities | ≤20μg/g |
| Impurity A | ≤0.125% |
| Impurity B | ≤20mg/kg |
| Fluoride | ≤3mg/kg |
| Heavy Metals | ≤5mg/kg |
| Arsenic | ≤3mg/kg |
| Lead | ≤1mg/kg |
| Selenium | ≤10mg/kg |
| PH (1 in 100 solution) | 5.5-7.5 |
| Particle Size | 30-100mesh |
