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CALORIE-FREE [3 records]

Record 1 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Additives
  • Dietetics
  • Sugar Industry
CONT

Artificial sweeteners have been classified as nutritive and non-nutritive depending on whether they are a source of calories. ... The non-nutritive sweeteners, better known as artificial sweeteners, include substances from several different chemical classes that interact with taste receptors ...

CONT

Artificial sweeteners are sugar-substitutes. There are 2 kinds ..., nutritive and non-nutritive. Nutritive sweeteners provide some calories, non-nutritive sweeteners typically provide zero calories. ... Non-nutritive artificial sweeteners are intensely sweet - between 200-700 times sweeter than sugar. They add sweetness to foods for people (like diabetics) who need to limit their intake of sugar. They contain little or no calories or glycemic response (impact on blood sugar levels). ... FDA [Food and Drug Administration] has approved 4 nonnutritive sweeteners and regulates them as food additives: saccharin (on an interim basis pending additional study), aspartame, acesulfame potassium (or acesulfame-K), and sucralose.

OBS

Non-nutritive sweeteners, also known as artificial or non-caloric sweeteners, are intensely sweet synthetic substances, often used to replace sugars in food manufacturing and cooking because they are calorie-free.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Diététique
  • Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
CONT

Les édulcorants non nutritifs contiennent peu ou pas de kilojoules.

OBS

acalorique : Qui n'apporte pas de calories (à un organisme).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Dietética
  • Industria azucarera
DEF

Producto de alto poder edulcorante que proporciona cero calorías [...] se utiliza en las comidas como sustituto del azúcar de mesa y en productos [...] como yogures, postres, gaseosas, golosinas y productos horneados, entre otros.

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Record 2 2009-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
  • Food Industries
CONT

"Dietetic" on a food label means that something has been changed or replaced. There may be less salt, less fat, or less sugar, but dietetic food is not necessarily sugar-free or calorie-free.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Les algues possèdent une forte teneur en carotène et en minéraux. Elles absorbent le cholestérol, l'excédent de sel et les substances minérales nocives qui s'accumulent dans le corps, éliminant ainsi ou réduisant le niveau de ces substances nocives dans le corps. Les algues ont également une faible teneur en calories et en alcali, d'où leur intérêt comme aliment diététique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dietética
  • Industria alimentaria
DEF

Producto formulado y preparado para usarse en regímenes específicos (bajos en calorías, grasas, sodio, colesterol, etc.) y que es modificado en su contenido de sustancias nutricias, así como en su composición general.

OBS

[Los alimentos dietéticos] están adecuados para normalizar organismos enfermos que sufren alguna deficiencia.

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Record 3 1993-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

There are several types of calorie-free diets for all those interested in the program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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