The descriptive profiles of three bulk and intense sweetener blends (maltitol-cyclamate, maltitol-acesulfam-K, and sucrose-cyclamate) were established with reference to a 10% sucrose solution. These blends were chosen because they had been demonstrated in a previous study (Hutteau et al., 1998) as having a significant level of synergy. The descriptive profiles were established by a quantitative descriptive analysis-(QDA) type technique and the results were analysed by analysis of variance and by principal component analysis to examine the overall relationships among single solutions and mixtures of sweeteners. A significant reduction of the non-sweet tastes and aftertastes usually associated with acesulfam-K and cyclamate was observed.