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Aspartame

Aspartame is an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages. It is 200 times sweeter than sucrose, and is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid/phenylalanine dipeptide with brand names NutraSweet, Equal, and Canderel.

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Aspartame

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Edges118
Triples147
Avg. degree1.98
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Aspartame

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related to history · 20
Aspartame → Aldactone, Applied Nutrition, Center, CFSAN, Company, December, FDA, Flagyl, Food Safety, He, Illinois, In, James, Schlatter, Searle, Searle's, Skokie, The, The FDA, Torunn Atteraas Garin
related to Acceptable levels of consumption · 13
Aspartame → ADI, Committee, EFSA, European Commission's Scientific Committee, FDA, FDA's, Food, Food Additives, JECFA, The, The Joint FAO/WHO Expert, US, US-fluid-ounce
related to Cancer · 13
Aspartame → As, Cancer, EFSA, FDA, Group, IARC, In July, International Agency, Research, The, These, This, US National Cancer Institute
related to Phenylalanine · 11
Aspartame → Because, Contains, Contains Phenylalanine, Food Standards Agency, High, In, Manufacturers, Phenylketonurics, PKU, UK, US
has effect · 10
Aspartame → Drug Administration, EFSA, European Food Safety Authority, FDA, Food Standards Australia New, Health Canada, The, UK Food Standards Agency, US Food, Zealand
related to NutraSweet Company · 9
Aspartame → Childs Associates Equity Partners, European, II, In, In March, Monsanto, NutraSweet, Searle, US
related to Ajinomoto · 8
Aspartame → Ajinomoto, Asda, British, In, In July, In June, Monsanto, Walmart
related to Chemistry · 8
Aspartame → In, L-aspartic, L-phenylalanine, N-formyl, Phenylalanine, The, Two, Under
related to Holland Sweetener Company · 8
Aspartame → Additionally, DSM, Holland Sweetener Company, Sanecta, They, Tosoh, Toyo Soda, Twinsweet
related to Uses · 8
Aspartame → At, Due, In, It, Like, Most, The, This

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Aspartameis aingredient in approximately 60.90text
the American Heart Associationinstance ofA number of health organizations0.80text
American Diabetes Associationinstance ofA number of health organizations0.80text
and American Cancer Society are supportive of its use consistent with other approved low-calorie sweeteners..mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ulinstance ofA number of health organizations0.80text
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acesulfame potassium to produce an overall taste more like that of sugar.Like many other peptidesinstance ofIt is often blended with other artificial sweeteners0.80text
aspartame may hydrolyzeinstance ofIt is often blended with other artificial sweeteners0.80text

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