ACESULFAME POTASSIUM
Relevant Data
Food Additives Approved in the United States
Food Additives Approved by European Union:
General Information
| Synonyms: | ACESULFAME K |
| Chemical Names: | POTASSIUM SALT OF 6-METHYL-1,2,3-OXATHIAZIN-4(3H)-ONE-2,2-DIOXIDE; POTASSIUM SALT OF 3,4-DIHYDRO-6-METHYL-1,2,3-OXATHIAZIN-4-ONE-2,2-DIOXIDE |
| CAS number: | 55589-62-3 |
| INS: | 950 |
| Functional Class: |
Food Additives FLAVOUR_ENHANCER SWEETENER |
From apps.who.int
Evaluations
| Evaluation year: | 1990 |
| ADI: | 0-15 mg/kg bw |
| Meeting: | 46 |
| Specs Code: | R (1996) |
| Report: | TRS 806-JECFA 37/20 |
| Tox Monograph: | FAS 28-JECFA 37/183 |
| Specification: | COMPENDIUM ADDENDUM 9/FNP 52 Add.9/1 (2001). R; FAO JECFA Monographs 1 vol.1/1 |
From apps.who.int
GSFA Provisions for ACESULFAME POTASSIUM
| Number | Food Category | Max Level | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.2.7 | Aromatized alcoholic beverages (e.g. beer, wine and spirituous cooler-type beverages, low alcoholic refreshers) |
350 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 01.3.2 | Beverage whiteners |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 07.1 | Bread and ordinary bakery wares |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 06.3 | Breakfast cereals, including rolled oats |
1,200 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.7 | Candied fruit |
500 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.4 | Canned or bottled (pasteurized) fruit |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.2.2.4 | Canned or bottled (pasteurized) or retort pouch vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 06.5 | Cereal and starch based desserts (e.g. rice pudding, tapioca pudding) |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 01.6.5 | Cheese analogues |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 05.3 | Chewing gum |
5,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 05.1.4 | Cocoa and chocolate products |
500 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 05.1.1 | Cocoa mixes (powders) and cocoa mass/cake |
350 mg/kg | Note 188,Note XS141,Note 97 |
| 05.1.2 | Cocoa mixes (syrups) |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188,Note 97 |
| 05.1.3 | Cocoa-based spreads, including fillings |
1,000 mg/kg | Note XS86,Note 161,Note 188 |
| 14.1.5 | Coffee, coffee substitutes, tea, herbal infusions, and other hot cereal and grain beverages, excluding cocoa |
600 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188,Note 160 |
| 14.1.3.3 | Concentrates for fruit nectar |
350 mg/kg | Note 127,Note 188 |
| 14.1.3.4 | Concentrates for vegetable nectar |
350 mg/kg | Note 127,Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.12 | Cooked fruit |
500 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 01.4.4 | Cream analogues |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 01.7 | Dairy-based desserts (e.g. pudding, fruit or flavoured yoghurt) |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 05.4 | Decorations (e.g. for fine bakery wares), toppings (non-fruit) and sweet sauces |
500 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 13.5 | Dietetic foods (e.g. supplementary foods for dietary use) excluding products of food categories 13.1 - 13.4 and 13.6 |
450 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 13.3 | Dietetic foods intended for special medical purposes (excluding products of food category 13.1) |
500 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 13.4 | Dietetic formulae for slimming purposes and weight reduction |
450 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.2 | Dried fruit |
500 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 03.0 | Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet |
800 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 10.4 | Egg-based desserts (e.g. custard) |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 02.3 | Fat emulsions mainly of type oil-in-water, including mixed and/or flavoured products based on fat emulsions |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 02.4 | Fat-based desserts excluding dairy-based dessert products of food category 01.7 |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.10 | Fermented fruit products |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.2.2.7 | Fermented vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera) and seaweed products, excluding fermented soybean products of food categories 06.8.6, 06.8.7, 12.9.1, 12.9.2.1 and 12.9.2.3 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 07.2 | Fine bakery wares (sweet, salty, savoury) and mixes |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 165,Note 188 |
| 01.1.4 | Flavoured fluid milk drinks |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 13.6 | Food supplements |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.1 | Frozen fruit |
500 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.11 | Fruit fillings for pastries |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.3 | Fruit in vinegar, oil, or brine |
200 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 14.1.3.1 | Fruit nectar |
350 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.8 | Fruit preparations, including pulp, purees, fruit toppings and coconut milk |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.9 | Fruit-based desserts, including fruit-flavoured water-based desserts |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.6 | Fruit-based spreads (e.g. chutney) excluding products of food category 04.1.2.5 |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 09.4 | Fully preserved, including canned or fermented fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
200 mg/kg | Note 144,Note 188 |
| 05.2.1 | Hard candy |
500 mg/kg | Note 156,Note 161,Note 188 |
| 12.2 | Herbs, spices, seasonings and condiments (e.g. seasoning for instant noodles) |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 05.1.5 | Imitation chocolate, chocolate substitute products |
500 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.1.2.5 | Jams, jellies, marmelades |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 01.5.2 | Milk and cream powder analogues |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 12.4 | Mustards |
350 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 05.2.3 | Nougats and marzipans |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 11.4 | Other sugars and syrups (e.g. xylose, maple syrup, sugar toppings) |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 159,Note 188 |
| 09.2 | Processed fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
200 mg/kg | Note 144,Note XS190,Note XS36,Note XS311,Note 188,Note XS92,Note XS292,Note XS95,Note XS315,Note XS166,Note XS165,Note XS191,Note XS312 |
| 15.0 | Ready-to-eat savouries |
350 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 12.7 | Salads (e.g. macaroni salad, potato salad) and sandwich spreads excluding cocoa- and nut-based spreads of food categories 04.2.2.5 and 05.1.3 |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 12.6 | Sauces and like products |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 09.3 | Semi-preserved fish and fish products, including mollusks, crustaceans, and echinoderms |
200 mg/kg | Note 144,Note 188 |
| 05.2.2 | Soft candy |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 157,Note 161,Note XS309R,Note 188 |
| 12.5 | Soups and broths |
110 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188,Note XS117 |
| 11.6 | Table-top sweeteners, including those containing high-intensity sweeteners |
GMP | Note 188 |
| 04.2.2.6 | Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed pulps and preparations (e.g. vegetable desserts and sauces, candied vegetables) other than food category 04.2.2.5 |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.2.2.5 | Vegetable (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), seaweed, and nut and seed purees and spreads (e.g., peanut butter) |
1,000 mg/kg | Note 188 |
| 14.1.3.2 | Vegetable nectar |
350 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 04.2.2.3 | Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, pulses and legumes, and aloe vera), and seaweeds in vinegar, oil, brine, or soybean sauce |
200 mg/kg | Note 144,Note 188 |
| 12.3 | Vinegars |
2,000 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
| 14.1.4 | Water-based flavoured drinks, including "sport," "energy," or "electrolyte" drinks and particulated drinks |
600 mg/kg | Note 161,Note 188 |
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Computed Descriptors
Download SDF| 2D Structure | |
| CID | 11074431 |
| IUPAC Name | potassium;6-methyl-2,2-dioxo-1-oxa-2$l^{6}-thia-3-azanidacyclohex-5-en-4-one |
| InChI | InChI=1S/C4H5NO4S.K/c1-3-2-4(6)5-10(7,8)9-3;/h2H,1H3,(H,5,6);/q;+1/p-1 |
| InChI Key | WBZFUFAFFUEMEI-UHFFFAOYSA-M |
| Canonical SMILES | CC1=CC(=O)[N-]S(=O)(=O)O1.[K+] |
| Molecular Formula | C4H4KNO4S |
| Wikipedia | acesulfame potassium |
From Pubchem
Computed Properties
| Property Name | Property Value |
|---|---|
| Molecular Weight | 201.237 |
| Hydrogen Bond Donor Count | 0 |
| Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count | 5 |
| Rotatable Bond Count | 0 |
| Complexity | 288.0 |
| CACTVS Substructure Key Fingerprint | A A A D c Y B i O A B A Q A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A g A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A H g A A Q A A A C A S B g A A C A A A A A A C I A C F S E D C A A A A A I A A A C A A A A E A A A A A A A Q A A A A A A A A A A A Q A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A = = |
| Topological Polar Surface Area | 69.8 |
| Monoisotopic Mass | 200.95 |
| Exact Mass | 200.95 |
| Compound Is Canonicalized | True |
| Formal Charge | 0 |
| Heavy Atom Count | 11 |
| Defined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Defined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count | 0 |
| Isotope Atom Count | 0 |
| Covalently-Bonded Unit Count | 2 |
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Taxonomic Classification
| Kingdom | Organic compounds |
|---|---|
| Superclass | Organic acids and derivatives |
| Class | Organic sulfuric acids and derivatives |
| Subclass | Not available |
| Intermediate Tree Nodes | Not available |
| Direct Parent | Organic sulfuric acids and derivatives |
| Alternative Parents | |
| Molecular Framework | Aliphatic heteromonocyclic compounds |
| Substituents | Organic sulfuric acid or derivatives - Carboxylic acid derivative - Carbene-type 1,3-dipolar compound - Organic 1,3-dipolar compound - Organoheterocyclic compound - Organic alkali metal salt - Azacycle - Oxacycle - Organic potassium salt - Organic nitrogen compound - Organic salt - Organonitrogen compound - Organooxygen compound - Carbonyl group - Hydrocarbon derivative - Organic oxide - Organopnictogen compound - Organic oxygen compound - Aliphatic heteromonocyclic compound |
| Description | This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as organic sulfuric acids and derivatives. These are organic compounds containing the sulfuric acid or a derivative thereof. |
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