Which one of the following artificial sweeteners is modified sugar ?
Aspartame
Saccharin
Sucralose
Alitame
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UPSC CAPF – 2017
Sucralose is derived from sucrose (table sugar) by replacing three hydrogen-oxygen groups on the sucrose molecule with chlorine atoms. This chemical modification makes it about 320 to 1,000 times sweeter than sugar but indigestible by the body, hence providing virtually no calories.