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Allergic reaction caused by acesulfame potassium in foods
Author(s) -
Katsue Hiromi,
Higashi Yuko,
Baba Naoko,
Aoki Megumi,
Sakanoue Masanao,
Matsushita Shigeto,
Kanekura Takuro
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/cod.12252
Subject(s) - dermatology , medical school , post graduate , medicine , family medicine , medical education
The increasing frequency of obesity and related diseases such as diabetes and hypertension is an important healthcare issue. The use of artificial sweeteners has increased in recent decades, for the purpose of limiting excessive calorie intake (1). A large variety of nonnutritive sweeteners are available. Acesulfame potassium is one of these artificial sweeteners, and is used in many types of food and drink. Allergic reactions to artificial sweeteners are very rare. Only a limited number of cases of urticaria and anaphylaxis induced by aspartame (2, 3) and erythritol (4, 5) have been reported previously. We report a patient with allergic reactions caused by acesulfame potassium.