目前世界食糖年消费量约为１．３２亿t。虽然食品工业的用糖需求量较大，但受全球经济状况的影响，世界食糖消费量增长不大。全球食糖消费量增长受限制的主要因素不是甜味剂等食糖替代品，而是贸易壁垒。本世纪８０年代和９０年代初期，甜味剂消费量增长很大。糖精等低热量的甜 The current annual consumption of sugar in the world is about 132 million t. Although the demand for sugar in the food industry is relatively large, the world’s sugar consumption has not shown much growth due to the global economic situation. The main factor limiting global growth in sugar consumption is not sugar substitutes such as sweeteners but trade barriers. Sweetener consumption increased dramatically in the 1980s and early 1990s. Sweeteners and other low-calorie sweet