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Yoonha Choi1, Run Rou Wong1, Yeon Kyung Cha2

  • 1Department of Nutritional Science and Food Management, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea.

Food Chemistry
|July 17, 2024
PubMed

Keywords:
Acesulfame-k (PubChem CID: 11074431)Allulose (PubChem CID: 441036)Aspartame (PubChem CID: 134601)Binary mixtureErythritol (PubChem CID: 222285)Fructose (PubChem CID: 2723872)Glucose (PubChem CID: 5793)Low-calorie sweetenerSaccharin (PubChem CID: 5143)Sensory perceptionSucrose (PubChem CID: 5988)Sweet–bitter interactionTaste receptor

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