Detecting Artificial Sweeteners.

The article reports that a method for identifying and analyzing artificial sweeteners in water has been developed by a team of German scientists. The method, which can identify up to seven different artificial sweeteners in surface water and wastewater, revealed that four of the seven remained in the water even after treatment. Detected were acesulfame, saccharin, cyclamate and sucralose while not found were neotame, neohesperidin, dihydrochalcone, and aspartame. The report was published in the July 2009 issue of "Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry."