- Type
- Sweetener
- How serious
- Low severity
- Evidence
- Emerging evidence
Why it is flagged
Authorised and considered safe at permitted levels. Included for the same unsettled metabolic literature as other non-sugar sweeteners, not for a specific finding.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- 9. List of Permitted Sweeteners (Lists of Permitted Food Additives) Health Canada, 2025
- Sugar Substitutes Health Canada, 2023
- Re-evaluation of acesulfame K (E 950) as food additive European Food Safety Authority, 2025
- Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline World Health Organization, 2023
Also listed as
e950, acesulfame k, ace k, acesulfam k, acesulfam kalium, acesulfamo k, acesulfame de potassium