{"id":25640,"date":"2024-08-07T06:34:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T01:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25640"},"modified":"2025-04-07T19:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T13:57:01","slug":"sucralose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sucralose\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sucralose?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Sucralose:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sucralose is a <strong>no-calorie sweetener <\/strong>that can be <strong>used to lower <\/strong>one\u2019s <strong>intake of added sugars <\/strong>while still providing satisfaction from enjoying the taste of something sweet.<\/li>\n<li>While some types of sweeteners in this category are considered low-calorie (e.g., aspartame) and others are no-calorie (e.g., sucralose, monk fruit sweeteners, and stevia sweeteners). Collectively, they are often referred to as <strong>sugar substitutes,<\/strong> high-intensity sweeteners, nonnutritive sweeteners, or low-calorie sweeteners.<\/li>\n<li>Like other no-calorie sweeteners, sucralose is <strong>intensely sweet.<\/strong> It is about <strong>600 times sweeter than sugar.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>can be used<\/strong> as an ingredient in <strong>any type of food or beverage<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Sucralose is <strong>exceptionally stable<\/strong>, so <strong>foods and beverages<\/strong> sweetened with sucralose <strong>stay sweet under a wide range of conditions.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Production<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Sucralose is <strong>made from<\/strong> a <strong>process that begins with regular table sugar<\/strong> (sucrose); however, sucralose is not sugar.<\/li>\n<li>Three select hydroxyl groups on the sucrose molecule are replaced with three chlorine atoms.<\/li>\n<li>Sucralose\u2019s <strong>structure prevents enzymes<\/strong> in the digestive tract <strong>from breaking it down<\/strong>, which is an inherent part of its safety.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>After Consumption:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Most<\/strong> (about 85 percent) <strong>of consumed sucralose<\/strong> is <strong>not absorbed<\/strong> by the body <strong>and is excreted,<\/strong> unchanged, in the feces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Of the small amount<\/strong> that is <strong>absorbed<\/strong> (about 15 percent), <strong>none is broken downfor energy<\/strong>\u2014therefore, sucralose <strong>does not provide any calories.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>All absorbed sucralose is<strong> excreted<\/strong> quickly <strong>in the urine.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is Body Mass Index (BMI)?<\/h2>\n<p>Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person\u2019s weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters. For example, a BMI of 25 means 25 kg\/m2. For most adults, an ideal BMI is in the 18.5 to 24.9 range. A high BMI can indicate high body fatness. BMI screens for weight categories that may lead to health problems, but it does not diagnose the body fatness or health of an individual.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/judicious-use-of-sucralose-as-sugar-substitute-has-benefits-for-diabetics-says-study\/article68492489.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>Judicious use of sucralose as sugar substitute has benefits for diabetics, says study<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sucralose is a no-calorie sweetener that can be used to lower one\u2019s intake of added sugars while still providing satisfaction from enjoying the taste of something sweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}