aspartame

Noun

Meaning

an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener

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Diet Coke does not contain nasty chemicals. It contains lovely and delicious carbonation, caffeine, and aspartame. What's unnatural about that? Meg Cabot

Accordingly, all products in Australia, the U.S. and Canada that contain aspartame must be labeled: "Phenylketonurics: Contains phenylalanine." Source: Internet

As with methanol and phenylalanine, intake of aspartic acid from aspartame is less than would be expected from other dietary sources. Source: Internet

Ace-K has a slightly bitter aftertaste, which is why it’s often combined with other sweeteners, like aspartame. Source: Internet

Acesulfame potassium is a potassium salt of 6-methyl-1,2,3-oxathiazine-4(3H)-one 2,2-dioxide which is an artificial sweetener that is molecularly nothing like aspartame (which is a methly ester of aspartic acid). Source: Internet

Concerns about the safety of phenylalanine from aspartame center largely on hypothetical changes in neurotransmitter levels as well as ratios of neurotransmitters to each other in the blood and brain that could lead to neurological symptoms. Source: Internet

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