Acesulfame potassium derives its vegan and vegetarian status from sulfamic acid, triethylamine, diketene.
| Vegan? Yes | Vegetarian? Yes |
Classifications are made based on the available commercial supply of the ingredient, and are made based on the criteria on our classifications page.
Commercially available acesulfame potassium is vegan and vegetarian.
Acesulfame potassium is an artificial sweetener which is about 200 times more powerful than table sugar. It was approved for human consumption by the FDA in 1988 and re-evaluated as safe in 2003. It was also re-evaluated as safe by the European Scientific Community on Food in 2000. It is commercially synthesized from sulfamic acid, triethylamine, and diketene.
Sources
- https://agnroots.com/blogs/articles-info/acesulfame-potassium-in-whey-protein
- https://www.veganpeace.com/ingredients/ingredients.htm
- https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/aspartame-and-other-sweeteners-food
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080910124007/http://ec.europa.eu/food/fs/sc/scf/out52_en.pdf
- https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/0d/a8/e0/a0f68b0e106bbf/USRE48464.pdf