Publication detail

Artificial sweeteners and their occurrence in the environment

VÍTKOVÁ, L. ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J.

Original Title

Artificial sweeteners and their occurrence in the environment

Type

presentation

Language

English

Original Abstract

This study is focused on artificial sweeteners and their occurrence in the environment, in particular on their presence in waste and surface waters. Artificial sweeteners are synthetic sugar substitutes. They are much sweeter than beet sugar and have a wide range of applications. Mostly they are used in the food industry, but they also found their use in pharmaceutical industry and in personal care products. They contain almost no energy and thus do not increase blood sugar levels. For this reason they are used by many people with diabetes or dieting. Due to their persistence and ubiquitous occurrence in the aquatic environment, artificial sweeteners were newly classified as environmental pollutants. Sucralose (SUC) and Acesulfame K (ACS) do not subject to biotransformation, thus they are not removed on a biological purification step of waste water treatment. Artificial sweeteners SUC and ACS are used as potential markers of contamination of surface water and groundwater by domestic waste water. Sweeteners can get into groundwater due to leakage of landfill leachates. The predominant occurrence of sweeteners in the various countries is due to the extent of their use. E. g. in the US high levels of SUC were found, whereas in the European countries mainly ACS prevails. Some sweeteners are evaluated as a potential carcinogens or potential toxics and this is another reason why their monitoring is important.

Keywords

Artificial sweeteners, environment, waste wate

Authors

VÍTKOVÁ, L.; ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J.

Released

23. 3. 2017

Publisher

Vysoké učení technické v brně, Fakulta chemická

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-5488-0

Book

Sborník abstraktů

Edition number

první

Pages from

74

Pages to

74

Pages count

1

BibTex

@misc{BUT142784,
  author="Libuše {Vítková} and Josef {Čáslavský}",
  title="Artificial sweeteners and their occurrence in the environment",
  booktitle="Sborník abstraktů",
  year="2017",
  edition="první",
  pages="74--74",
  publisher="Vysoké učení technické v brně, Fakulta chemická",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-5488-0",
  note="presentation"
}