Question:
DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ACESULFAME K?

I CAN NOT TOLERATE ASPARTAME JUST THE THOUGHT OF IT MAKES ME GAG! SO I BOUGHT A CAN OF CARB SOLUTIONS THAT DOES NOT CONTAIN ASPARTAME OR ANY FORM OF IT AND AS I READ THE INGREDIENTS IT DOES CONTAIN ACESULFAME K, I READ A WARNING POSTED ON ANOTHER WEBSITE REGARDING IT CAUSING HEALTH PROBLEMS, I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF ANYONE HAS TRIED THIS BRAND AND IF IT TASTES ANYTHING LIKE SWEET N LOW OR EQUAL OR SPLENDA! PLEASE REPLY! I AM NOT GOING TO OPEN THE CAN UNTIL I KNOW FOR SURE!    — andrija (posted on October 22, 2003)

October 22, 2003
Acesulfame K, or Ace-K, is an artificial sweetener made with potassium. It's the sweetener they use in Pepsi One. They also use it in foreign countries a lot...when I went to Central America, they had Coca Cola Light, which was basically Diet Coke, but instead of Nutrasweet (aspartame), they used Ace-K. I like it better than aspartame. No bitter aftertaste :) It hasn't been as extensively tested as sucralose and aspartame and saccharin, but all tests so far have shown that it's an EXCELLENT substitute. Hope this helps!
   — Brittany C.

October 22, 2003
Found a reputable webpage full of information and a page of references to substantiate. Take a look: http://www.caloriecontrol.org/acesulf.html I found another less reputable site extolling the horrors of all artificial sweetners including Splenda, but they did not back their "claims". It's probably safe to drink your can of Carb Solutions (that's what I use at home). Apparently this sweetner has been in use since the 1980s in the US and since the 1960s in Europe (mostly Germany). It is used in a great many food products so you probably have been eating Ace-K for quite a while now. But congrats on reading your labels!!!
   — midlifestu

October 25, 2003
I also think it is what Suzanne Somers sweetner, Somersweet, is made of.
   — Patricia T.