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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.
as·par·tame (spr-tm, -spär-)
n.
A low-calorie, artificial sweetening agent derived from aspartic acid.

aspartame (as´prtām),
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.
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A large, new test in rats suggests that the artificial sweetener aspartame may be a carcinogen.
 
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