CAS 22839-47-0 Amino Acid Vitamins Aspartame Sugar White Powder ISO Certification

Aspartame is an artificial non-saccharide sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose, and is commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages. It is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid/phenylalanine dipeptide with the trade names, NutraSweet, Equal, and Canderel. Aspartame was first made in 1965 and approved for use in food products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1981.

Aspartame Function

1) Aspartame sweetener is white crystalline powder, odorless, slightly soluble in water and it is 200 timessweeter than sugar in terms of sweetness. It doesn’t cause after taste of bitterness. 2) Aspartame sweetness could be perceived shortly and it also lasts shortly. 3) Aspartame sweetener tastes fresh and most similar to sucrose. It is not stable under light and heat.It will resolve and lose sweetness after long heating and also it is stable at low temperature and under the PH value 3 to 5. 4) Aspartame sweetener suitable for fresh drink and the food without heating. It is not edible to Phenylketonuriapatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aspartame uses in a multitude of food and beverage. It has been approved world-wide use for food, beverage, and/or tabletop sweetener use in approximately 100 countries. U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved aspartame is a safe sweetener. Aspartame uses also combined with other artificial sweeteners like Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose, Sodium Saccharin, Sodium Cyclamate.