关键词：This study was carried out in order to determine whether the artificial sweeteners such as saccharin; cyclamate and aspartame have been added to the foods.;We have conducted our study on the samples of jam; marmalade; fruit juice; soft drinks; sesame halvah; baklava (sweet pastry) which are produced by 21 different firms and sold in the local markets of Ankara. Totally 300 samples have been analysed with regard to the sweeteners.;But in none of these samples; the content of cyclamate and saccharin has been found.;The average amounts of aspartame which was used in soft drinks were determined between the rates of 219.97 7.07 and 560.16 8.53 mg/l However it is observed that the average amount of aspartame used in the non-dietary soft drinks was at the level of nearly 41.76 3.58 mg/l. ;
