Cutting sugar from a formulation rarely comes down to sweetness alone. Manufacturers must also protect taste, processing stability, shelf life, and fit for the finished application. Choosing the right sweetener is one of the most effective ways to reduce the risk of reformulation.
Sunett® Acesulfame Potassium (Ace-K) is a high-potency, zero-calorie sweetener available from ChemPoint. It is 200 times sweeter than sugar, giving formulators a concentrated, reliable building block for low- and no-sugar development across food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and oral care products.
Sunett® delivers a fast onset of sweetness with no lingering aftertaste, helping formulators reproduce a sugarlike taste profile rather than a compromised one. It also blends well with other sweeteners, including aspartame and sucralose, so it can be used on its own or as part of a blend built to fine-tune taste, cost, and label requirements.
This flexibility makes Sunett® a practical fit for reformulation projects, where sweetness replacement must be balanced against taste, processing stability, and the finished product's needs.
Beyond replacing sweetness, Sunett® is built to withstand processing and shelf life. It offers heat-treatment stability and performs across a broad pH range, which matters for products that undergo pasteurization, baking, or extended storage. That supports flavour and colour stability, contributing to a longer shelf life for the finished product. Combined with its blending characteristics, this makes Sunett® a sweetener formulator can build a full reformulation around rather than simply drop in and test.
ChemPoint and Nutrinova reference Sunett® across a wide range of product categories:
Sunett® delivery form is simply powders with different particle sizes — and that's the real lever for matching the sweetener to a specific process. The product line splits into three:
Sunett® - for food and beverage applications
Sunett® NXT - for personal care and cosmetic uses, such as oral care and lip care
Sunett® Pharma - for pharmaceutical products, where its sweetness also helps mask the bitterness of active ingredients
Within the Food and Pharma lines, ChemPoint offers grades A, C, and D. Each is a white, crystalline powder. ?The difference that matters most between them is granulation:
Grade |
Granulation size |
|---|---|
Grade A |
< 1000 µm |
Grade C |
< 355 µm |
Grade D |
< 100 µm |
In practice, this means the right grade is less about the application category and more about how the product is processed - whether it's a liquid that just needs a standard sweetener dissolved in, or a fine powder or compressed format that needs a matching particle size to blend evenly and dissolve reliably.
Not sure which particle size fits your process? Our team can help match the right Sunett® grade to your formulation and processing requirements.
Reformulating toward low- or no-sugar doesn't have to mean compromising on taste or stability. Sunett® Acesulfame Potassium gives manufacturers a well-characterized, high-intensity sweetener with the processing resilience and application range to support that transition.
Talk to our experts to compare Sunett® grades, request product information, or find the right fit for your low- or no-sugar development project.
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