Actualización sobre aspectos científico-técnicos y regulatorios de los edulcorantes bajos en o sin calorías.

Abstract

Background: For more than 40 years, the term sweetener has had a great presence in scientific and technical information, in food legislation, as well as the information aimed at health, food, nutrition and dietetic professionals and in the media. Methods: The analysis has been carried out in the databases PubMed, Science Direct, Bucea (Biblioteca Complutense de Madrid) and Google Académico. The official databases, legislation and regulations in force have been consulted, both at the level of the European Union and Spain. In addition, for the national dietary intake surveys have been analyzed the data. Results: There is specific legislation in the European Union that regulates the authorisation of low and noncalorie sweeteners. There are no dietary surveys in Spain that quantitatively reflect the presence of low and non-calorie sweeteners in food products, with the exception of the ANIBES study. Conclusions: food safety and nutrition authorities, European and Spanish level, must continue to ensure the approval, regulation and monitoring of low and non calorie sweeteners.