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Aspartame
Aspartame
(
APM
; or ) is an artificial, non-
saccharide
sweetener
used as a
sugar substitute
in some foods and beverages. In the European Union, it is codified as
E951
. Aspartame is a
methyl
ester
of the
aspartic acid
/
phenylalanine
dipeptide
. It was first sold under the brand name
NutraSweet
. It was first synthesized in 1965, and the patent expired in 1992.
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