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aspartame /as·par·tame/ (ah-spahr´tam) (as´pahr-tam?) an artificial sweetener about 200 times as sweet as sucrose and used as a low-calorie sweetener.
aspartame (as´p  rtām),n brand name: NutriSweet, a low-calorie sweetening agent about 200 times as sweet as sucrose. aspartame a synthetic compound of two amino acids (l-aspartyl-l-phenylalanine o-methyl ester) used as sweetener in low-calorie drinks. It is 180 times as sweet as sucrose (table sugar); the amount equal in sweetness to a teaspoon of sugar contains 0.1 calorie. |
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[The Lau study assumes] that both MSG and aspartame are absorbed one hundred percent in the gut, but [other studies] show that this does not seem to be the case," says FSA senior press officer Shaun Whelan. In addition, all Best Bites have less than 1 1/2 grams of saturated fat per serving and are free of the artificial sweetener aspartame. A large, new test in rats suggests that the artificial sweetener aspartame may be a carcinogen. |
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