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What is NutraSweet ®?NutraSweet® is the NutraSweet Company's brand name for the low-calorie artificial sweetener aspartame. It is used to sweeten a variety of foods and beverages and is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. Since aspartame is intensely sweet, very little is required to sweeten foods and beverages. Therefore products sweetened with aspartame are usually lower in calories. NutraSweet ® brand sweeteners have been widely used for diet carbonated soft drinks since their introduction in the early 1980 NutraSweet ® is a registered trade mark of NutraSweet Property Holdings, Inc.  NutraSweet® is used in a variety of foods and beverages and is about 200 times sweeter than sugar. NutraSweet ® is one of the brand names under which aspartame is marketed. More than 200 scientific studies have been conducted on aspartame over the last 30 years, verifying its safety and establishing an Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). However, alleged side effects of aspartame fuel debates on artificial sweeteners such as NutraSweet. More Read the GreenFacts summary on aspartame and find out about the safety of Canderel.
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