A sweetener is listed as 1,000× sweeter than sucrose. How many milligrams of this sweetener would replace 5 teaspoons of sucrose if one teaspoon of sugar equals 4 g?

• A. 200 mg to account for bundling and bulking effects when replacing sucrose volume in recipes.
• B. 20 g of the sweetener because teaspoons are best converted directly to gram-for-gram replacements when using high-intensity sweeteners.
• C. 20 mg of the sweetener.
• D. 0.02 mg since extreme sweetness reduces mass requirements into the microgram range for home recipes.

Answer: (C)