Question

which has more calories: table sugar or aspartame?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Aspartame produces 4 kilocalories of energy per gram when metabolized, sucrose (table sugar) produces 3.9 kilocalories. However, aspartame is approximately 200 times sweeter than sucrose, so it is consumed in much smaller doses.

Answer 2

Aspartame

Explanation:

• Aspartame produces 4 kilocalories while table sugar or sucrose produces 3.9 kilocalories.
• Aspartame is around 200 times sweeter than sucrose , so that it is consumed in smaller doses.
• Aspartame is an artificial sweetner which is used as an substitute to table sugar in various foods, beverages etc.
• Chemically it is methyl ester of the aspartic acid.
• Table sugar is generally sucrose which is made up of glucose and fructose, it is a disaccharide.
• Pure sucrose is derived from sugar beet or sugarcane .