Sucronic acid is a guanidine derivative artificial sweetener. It is one of the most potent sweeteners known, with a sweetness 200,000 times that of sucrose (table sugar).
It has not been approved for use in food.
Sucronic acid belongs to a family of guanidines substituted with acetic acid, some of which are ultrapotent sweeteners: Lugduname (230,000x at equivalent concentration) Carrelame (200,000x at equivalent concentration) Bernardame (188,000x at equivalent concentration) Sucrooctate (162,000x at equivalent concentration)
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