Sugar substitute sucralose, orange for monk fruit extract (a natural sweetener), and green for stevia (also natural). In 1969, cyclamate was banned for sale in the US by the Food and Drug Administration. In 2017, sucralose was the most common sugar substitute used in the manufacture of foods and beverages; it had 30% of the global market, which was projected to be valued at $2.8 billion by 2021. A class of sugar substitutes is known as "high-intensity sweeteners." These are compounds with many times the sweetness of sucrose, common table sugar. As a result, much less sweetener is required and energy contribution
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