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Table 4. Acceptable daily intake of sweeteners

Sweetener

Acceptable daily intake (mg/kg body weight/day)

Acesulfame potassium 15

Aspartame

40

Cyclamate

11

Erythritol

1,000

Neotame

2

Saccharin

5

Steviol glycosides

4

Sucralose

8.8

Tagatose

80

Thaumatin

0.9

Adapted from the Diabetes Canada 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines (35)