Aspartame

Product Description

Aspartame is a unique low calorie sweetener, because it is made from two amino acids, building blocks of protein that are found in foods we eat every day. These amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine, are available in abundance in most protein-containing foods like meat, fish, milk, eggs, cheese and even vegetables. The aspartame we consume in foods and drinks is digested naturally, just like other proteins, but because it is **0 times sweeter than sugar it is used in tiny quantities to provide the sweet taste we enjoy without the calories.

Aspartame has been available for more than *0 years now. It is used to sweeten food and beverage products all around the world, as a result of its approval by more than **0 regulatory authorities including the United States' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and expert panels of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organisation.