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Acesulfame Potassium

Caution Artificial additive Food and drink E950

Decode Label flags Acesulfame Potassium as a low concern in food and drink (artificial additive). It appears in 8 of the 912 published products we have analysed (0.9%).

The concern

Intense artificial sweetener - long-term effects of regular use are not settled

Acesulfame K is an approved intense sweetener. Regulators set an acceptable daily intake and consider it safe within it, but the WHO (2023) advises against using non-sugar sweeteners to control body weight because there is no long-term benefit and possible long-term harms, and long-term research on gut and metabolic effects is still developing.

Most relevant to

Children People who are pregnant People with diabetes

Cited authority

WHO guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (2023); EFSA/JECFA acceptable daily intake

How common it is in this catalogue

Measured across every product Decode Label has analysed — not estimated, and not taken from anyone else's dataset.

8 of 912 published products 0.9%

By category

Health & Supplements 7
Beverages 1

Identity

E number
E950

Also appears on labels as

Acesulfame K Acesulfame-K Ace-K Acesulfame

Questions

Is Acesulfame Potassium safe?

The concern is cited to WHO guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (2023); EFSA/JECFA acceptable daily intake. Why it is flagged: Intense artificial sweetener - long-term effects of regular use are not settled. Decode Label treats it as a low concern in food and drink. It appears in 8 of the 912 published products we have analysed (0.9%).

How common is Acesulfame Potassium in Indian packaged products?

Decode Label found Acesulfame Potassium in 8 of 912 published products (0.9%), most often in Health & Supplements, Beverages.

Who should be most careful with Acesulfame Potassium?

Children; People who are pregnant; People with diabetes.

Products containing Acesulfame Potassium

8 published products, each with its own full analysis.

Bigmuscles Nutrition Real Mass Gainer Gold Standard 100% Whey Gold Standard 100% Whey Double Rich Chocolate Flavou... Nestlé Optifast Weight Management Shake Optifast Weight Management Shake Optimum Nutrition (ON) Gold Standard 100% Optimum Nutrition (ON) Serious Mass Red Bull Sugar free

Related ingredients

Other entries in the register with the same kind of concern.

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Method and limits

  • Prevalence counts published products whose decoded ingredient list matches this substance or one of its label synonyms, using the same matching the score itself uses. It describes our catalogue of 912 products, not the Indian market as a whole.
  • Presence is not dose. An ingredient list gives order, not quantity, unless the pack declares a percentage. Nothing here estimates how much of this substance any product contains.
  • A classification is not a verdict on a product. An agency classifies a substance under defined conditions of exposure; whether that matters in a given food or cosmetic depends on route, concentration and use.
  • No regulatory rows. This substance is not matched in our regulatory warehouse, so the concern above rests on the cited authority alone.
  • Last updated. This register entry was last changed on 3 November 2026.
  • Corrections. Every figure here is reproducible from the sources named. If something is wrong, tell us and we will correct it and say what changed.