Alitame is a high potency artificial sweetener and it is not possible to control the sweetness imparted to food by alitame. Alitame is an artificial sweetener that is 2,000 times as sweet as sugar. This sweetness is very high as compared to the natural sugar and use of such sweetener is very critical while preparing sweet dishes. The structure of alitame is as follows:

Hence problem arises when alitame is used for sweetening purposes.