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Aspartame

Last Updated: June 01, 2009 Related resource areas: Families, Food and Fitness

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Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener used in a variety of foods and beverages and as a tabletop sweetener. It is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. Aspartame is made by joining two protein components, aspartic acid and phenylalanine.

Reprinted from the International Food Information Council Foundation, (2009)


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