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Which artificial sweetener is a methyl ester of a dipeptide and is unstable at cooking temperature, so it is used only in cold foods and soft drinks?

  1. ASaccharin
  2. BSucralose
  3. CAspartame
  4. DSodium benzoate

Answer: C

Aspartame (about 100 times sweeter than sucrose) decomposes on heating, so it is restricted to cold foods and soft drinks. Saccharin and sucralose are stable on heating, and sodium benzoate is a preservative, not a sweetener.
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