The blend cyclamate/saccharin 2:1 presented higher sweetening
power (262.28) than aspartame (171.62). Similar results were
observed by Freitas, Dutra, and Bolini (2014) in pitanga nectar, by
Cardoso et al. (2004) in cold tea drink equivalent to 8.3 g/100 g of
sucrose, and by Reis et al. (2011) in strawberry flavored yogurt
equivalent to 11.5 g/100 g of sucrose. The smallest difference between
cyclamate/saccharin and aspartame was found in strawberry
flavored yogurt. This can be explained by the fact that, according to
Reis et al. (2011), it is important to verify the difference in sweetening
power when the product is more complex, i.e., when other
ingredients such as fat, proteins, acids, carbohydrates, etc., are
involved. When a sweetener is added to a food product, one must
consider the various interactions among the sweeteners and the
food ingredients promoting a change in the sweetener potency