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Ajinomoto brands aspartame ‘AminoSweet’

In light of the article I posted about a ban on aspartame. jinomoto brands aspartame aminosweet Leading aspartame producer Ajinomoto is launching a new initiative that will brand the sweetener AminoSweet. It’s now more than 25 years since products sweetened with aspartame were first launched in Europe. In this time, the sweetener has transformed the [...]

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Aspartame

An Overdue Ban On A Dangerous Sweetener

Aspartame, first discovered in 1965 by the pharmaceutical company G.D. Searle, is an artificial sweetener marketed by Ajinomoto Sweeteners under trademark names including Nutrasweet, Equal and Canderel. After saccharin, aspartame is the commonest sweetener, consumed by over 200 million people worldwide, and represents about 60 percent of the artificial sweetener market. Aspartame provides food, soft [...]

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