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Health groups ‘advising a bit of moderation’ on aspartame consumption
Aspartame was approved by the FDA in 1974 for use as a tabletop sweetener and in production of chewing gum, cold breakfast cereals, beverages, gelatins, instant coffee, tea, puddings and dairy ...
Aspartame is one of the world's most popular sweeteners, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum. In a press conference ahead of the announcement, the WHO's head of ...
Aspartame is an artificial non-saccharide sweetener commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages. [4] 200 times sweeter than sucrose, it is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid/phenylalanine dipeptide with brand names NutraSweet, Equal, and Canderel. [4]
It is about 180–200 times sweeter than sugar, [7] [8] and can be used as a tabletop sweetener or in frozen desserts, gelatins, beverages and chewing gum. When cooked or stored at high temperatures, aspartame breaks down into its constituent amino acids. This makes aspartame undesirable as a baking sweetener.
Aspartame is sold under the names Equal, Nutrasweet and Sugar Twin. It’s found in many diet sodas, as well as some chewing gums and sugar-free, low-calorie desserts.
The artificial sweetener aspartame has been the subject of several controversies since its initial approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1974. The FDA approval of aspartame was highly contested, beginning with suspicions of its involvement in brain cancer, [1] alleging that the quality of the initial research supporting its safety was inadequate and flawed, and that ...
Last month the World Health Organization announced that the artificial sweetener aspartame — an ingredient that’s in more than 5,000 food, beverage and candy products, including the Diet Coke ...