E 955 is on your pack.

It reads like a lab code. You already know its name.

Read the list

E 955 is

sucralose

600×

About that much sweeter than sugar. It survives a pot of kheer on the boil.

Sucralose

"Ace-K? Never heard of it."

Acesulfame potassium, or Ace-K, is one additive with three names. Read the name beside it: the two work together.

Acesulfame K

Stir aspartame into the boiling chai?

It fades. Aspartame isn't heat stable. Add it after the chai is off the flame.

Aspartame

The canteen sachet

1879

Saccharin was first used

Still on labels as "saccharin" or "E 954". And it isn't the sweetest of the five.

Saccharin

The sweetest of the five

Neotame: 7,000 to 13,000 times

So a pack uses a speck. Whatever is listed first is what you eat by the spoon.

Neotame

Why do gur and honey have no E number?

Europe files them under something else. The article explains what, and why it matters on a label.

Read the full article

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