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Aspartame vs Neotame - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between aspartame and neotame

is that aspartame is an artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, used in many processed foods and beverages while neotame is an artificial sweetener similar to aspartame.

aspartame

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (organic compound) An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, used in many processed foods and beverages.
  • * 2001 , C. Keith Conners, Feeding the Brain: How Foods Affect Children , page 38,
  • Though reluctant to further expose him to aspartame', I had little trouble persuading Jamie's mother to carry out a double-blind trial in order to more rigorously document her son's aberrant response to ' aspartame .
  • * 2007 , Nina Redman, Food Safety: A Reference Handbook , page 37.
  • Aspartame , sold under the brand NutraSweet, was discovered accidentally by a scientist at Searle in 1965 who was testing new drugs for gastric ulcers and licked his fingers before picking up a piece of paper.
  • * 2008 , Frances Sienkiewicz Sizer, Eleanor Noss Whitney, Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies , Volume 10, page 143,
  • In powdered form, aspartame is mixed with lactose, so a 1-gram packet contains 4 calories.

    Synonyms

    * when used as a sweetener

    neotame

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia neotame) (-)
  • An artificial sweetener similar to aspartame.