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Aspartame: Foods

 

 

 

 

Aspartame is a white, odorless, crystalline powder. It is about

200 times sweeter than sugar and is readily dissolvable in water. It

has a sweet taste without the bitter chemical or metallic aftertaste

reported in other artificial sweeteners. These properties make it a

good ingredient to use as a sugar replacement in many food recipes.

However, aspartame does tend to interact with other food flavors, so

it cannot perfectly replace sugar. Recipes for baked goods, candies,

and other products must be modified if aspartame is utilized.

Source:

answers.com

Aspartame (L-alpha-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester) is a

low-calorie sweetener used to sweeten a wide variety of low- and

reduced-calorie foods and beverages, including low-calorie tabletop

sweeteners. Aspartame is composed of two amino acids, aspartic acid

and phenylalanine, as the methyl ester. Amino acids are the building

blocks of protein. Aspartic acid and phenylalanine are ... found

naturally in protein containing foods, including meats, grains and

dairy products. Methyl esters are also found naturally in many foods

such as fruits and vegetable and their juices. Upon digestion,

aspartame breaks down into three components (aspartic acid,

phenylalanine and methanol), which are then absorbed into the blood

and used in normal body processes.

Source:

aspartame.org

Consumption of Aspartame causes these same symptoms in

non-diabetics as well. Documentation and observation ... reveal that

thousands of children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD have had complete

turnarounds in their behavior when these chemicals have been removed

from their diet. So called " behavior modification prescription drugs "

(Ritalin and others) are no longer needed. Truth be told, they were

never NEEDED in the first place! Most of these children were being

" poisoned " on a daily basis with the very foods that were " better for

them than sugar. "

Source:

watercure2.org

Aspartame is made by joining two protein components, aspartic

acid and phenylalanine, and a small amount of methanol. Aspartic acid

and phenylalanine are building blocks of protein and are found

naturally in all protein-containing foods, including meats, grains and

dairy products. Methanol is found naturally in the body and in many

foods such as fruit and vegetable juices. Aspartame is digested just

like any other protein. Upon digestion, aspartame breaks down into its

basic components and is absorbed into the blood. Neither aspartame nor

its components accumulate in the body over time.

Source:

greatvistachemicals.com

Aspartame is not only used in food, per se, but is ... used in

pharmaceutical products. You might be surprised by the number of

products that contain aspartame. A sample research project was

initiated in April 1994, with requests to companies that produce

pharmaceuticals. A number of companies failed to respond to a request

for information. Some companies did respond. Pumping aspartame into

children appears to be a priority!

Source:

aspartame.ca

Aspartame is found in thousands of products -- sodas, chewing

gum, dairy products and even many medicines. NutraSweet and Equal are

popular brands. Aspartame is consumed by over 200 million people

around the world and is found in more than 6,000 products. Aspartame

is found in Equal, Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi, Diet Snapple, Sugar Free

Kool-Aid, Breyers Light, General Foods Sugar-Free International

Coffees, among other foods.

Source:

raysahelian.com

 

 

 

Aspartame, safety-tested in over 200 studies and reviewed as

safe by more than 100 countries, is a low calorie sweetener. It is

made from two building blocks of protein just like those found

naturally in many everyday foods such as meat, fish, cheese, eggs and

milk. Aspartame is digested by the body in exactly the same way as

these other protein foods and so does not bring anything new to the

diet.

Source:

aspartame.info

Aspartame is composed of two amino acids, aspartic acid and

phenylalanine, as the methyl ester. Amino acids are the building

blocks of protein. Aspartic acid and phenylalanine are found naturally

in protein containing foods, including meats, grains and dairy

products. Methyl esters are ... found naturally in many foods such as

fruits and vegetable and their juices. The body handles the components

from aspartame in the same way it handles them when derived from other

foods.

Source:

dancewithshadows.com

Aspartame has been approved for use by more than 90 nations

worldwide. It is used widely in major industrialized countries such as

the United Kingdom, Germany and Japan. Aspartame has been reviewed and

found safe by the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of

the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization and World Health

Organization. It ... has been reviewed and approved for use by the

Scientific Committee for Food of the European Community.

Source:

ehso.com

Aspartame is an intense sweetener, approximately 200 times

sweeter than sugar. It has been used throughout the world in soft

drinks and other low-cal or sugar free foods since 1974. It was first

approved for use in the UK in 1982. It is known by the name

NutraSweet, aspartame or E951.

Source:

ukfoodguide.net

Aspartame is one of several controversial products that does not

itself contain modified DNA, but is made with the assistance of

micro-organisms that do. This technique is used in a number of

products including rennet used to make hard cheese, as well as a

number of pharmaceutical products and food supplements. This is how

Unilever’s famous fish ice cream anti-freeze is made. This technique

was apparently behind the manufacture of the now restricted food

supplement L-tryptophan, which was the source of a very serious

poisoning epidemic in the US in 1989 involving at least 707 people in

48 states.

Source:

patnsteph.net

Aspartame is a white, odourless powder, approximately 200 times

sweeter than sugar, used in a number of foodstuffs throughout the

world. It is marketed under several brand names, including Canderel®

and NutraSweet®, and is labelled E951 in Europe. Aspartame is stable

when dry or frozen but it breaks down and loses its sweetness over

time when stored in liquids at temperatures above 30°C.

 

 

Aspartame is a low-calorie sweetener which is used to sweeten a

variety of foods and beverages, and as a tabletop sweetener. Since

aspartame is about 200 times sweeter than sugar, very little is needed

to adequately sweeten foods. Consequently, the calories in foods can

be substantially reduced, and in many products be almost eliminated,

by using aspartame in place of sugar

Source:

greatvistachemicals.com

Aspartame's components separate when heated over time, resulting

in a loss of sweetness. Therefore, aspartame is not recommended for

use in recipes requiring lengthy heating or baking. It may... be added

at the end of the cooking cycle in some recipes. If a food containing

aspartame is inadvertently heated, it would still be safe, but would

simply not provide the desired sweetness.

Source:

ehso.com

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener used in reduced calorie

foods. It is derived primarily from two naturally occurring amino

acids chemically combined and designated by the chemical name

N-L-aaspartyl-L-phenylalanine-l-methyl ester (APM). Discovered

inadvertently in 1965, it was later patented and is currently the most

utilized artificial sweetener in the United States.

Source:

answers.com

Aspartame is marketed as table sweetener. It is ... incorporated

in a number of foodstuffs throughout the world, including drinks,

desserts and sweets. It is a white, odourless powder, approximately

200 times sweeter than sugar, manufactured by combining phenylalanine

and aspartic acid. Its main impurity is diketopiperazine that has no

sweetening properties.

Source:

greatvistachemicals.com

Aspartame, one of the most common artificial sweeteners used

today, is sold as NutraSweet® and Equal®. It is used in many foods and

beverages instead of sugar because it is about 200 times sweeter than

sugar, has fewer calories than sugar, and it does not cause tooth

decay. Aspartame is made up of three chemicals that are all naturally

found in foods and can be found in the body.

Source:

cancer.org

Aspartame, a low-calorie sweetener, is composed primarily of two

common amino acids, aspartic acid and phenylalanine. Each of these is

.... a building block for conventional foods such as protein and

natural flavor molecules.

 

 

Aspartame, an artificial sweetener that is used as a substitute

for sugar in many foods and beverages, is considered by some

scientists to be a neurotoxin, a substance that is detrimental to the

nervous system. This allegation remains controversial.

Source:

answers.com

Aspartame is the most controversial food additive in history.

The most recent evidence, linking it to leukaemia and lymphoma, has

added substantial fuel to the ongoing protests of doctors, scientists

and consumer groups who allege that this artificial sweetener should

never have been released onto the market and that allowing it to

remain in the food chain is killing us by degrees. PAT THOMAS REPORTS

Source:

wnho.net

In light of this evidence, health activists have introduced

legislation that would ban Aspartame in the state of New Mexico.

Introduced in the state Senate by Albuquerque Democratic Senator

Gerald Ortiz y Pino as Senate Bill 250, and in the state House by

Gallup Navajo Democratic Representative Irvin Harrison as House Bill

202, the measure draws upon statutes that allow the state to regulate

poisonous and deleterious food additives in the interest of public

health. A successful bill of this type could set a powerful precedent

for the whole country.

Source:

organicconsumers.org

 

 

 

 

Use of Aspartame By Pharmaceutical Companies

 

Source: Aspartame Research Group www.aspartame.ca.

 

GM Aspartame is not only used in food, per se, but is also used

in pharmaceutical products. You might be surprised by the number of

products that contain aspartame. Frequently it is not listed on the

outside of the package but in the small print on the slip of paper

inside the package. If you find a product you bought contains this GM

ingredient return it to the store and insist on getting your money

back or a substitute that does not contain GM aspartame.

 

A.H. ROBBINS COMPANY, INC: The following Robbins product

contains aspartame.

Dimetap Cold and Allergy Chewable Tablets

 

BIO-PHARMACEUTICS: The following Bio-Pharmaceutics products

contain aspartame:

Childrens Chewable Acetiminophen

 

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY: The following BMS product contains

aspartame:

CEFZIL

 

EQUATE: The following Equate product contains aspartame:

Equate Chewable Vitamins Animal-Shaped (with Iron)

 

HALL LABORATORIES: The following Hall Labs products contain aspartame:

Health Balance Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

Zoo Chews Animal-Shaped Chewable Multivitamin

 

H & PC PRODUCTS: The following H & PC product contains aspartame:

Sugar Free Metamucil

 

JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICALS: The only product made by

J & J/Merck Consumer Pharmaceuticals containing aspatame appears to be

Mylanta Natural Fiber Supplement, Sugar Free.

 

LEDERLE LABORATORIES: The following Lederle products contain aspartame:

Centrum,Jr vitamins contain aspartame.

 

LIFELINE NUTRITIONAL: The following subsidiary lines contain aspartame:

Lucky Stores: Mediguard Childrens Multivitamin Supplement with Iron

P.Leiner: The following Leiner subsidiary products contain aspartame:

Carls Drug Co: CARLS DRUG Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

Malone & Hyde: HYDES PARK Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

Hills Dept Stores: HILLS Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

Kent Co: DART Childen's Chewable Multivitamin

Big B Discount Drugs: BIG B Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

LKS Products, Inc: MEDI-GUARD Childrens Chewable Multivitamins

Revco Drug Stores: REVCO Childrens Chewable Multivitamins

Longs Drug Stores: LONGS Children's Chewable Multivitamin

Gray Drug Fair, Inc: GRAY DRUG FAIR Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

 

L.PERRIGO: The following subsidiary product lines contain aspartame:

Eckerd: ECKERD Sugar Free Natural Fiber Laxative

Fay's: FAY'S Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Laxative

Longs: LONGS Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder Laxative

Payless: PAYLESS Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder Laxative

Perrigo: Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder

Perry: PERRY Drug Stores Sugar Free Natural Veg.Powder Bulk Laxative

Raley's: RALEY'S Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Powder

Rite Aid: RITE AID Sugar Free Regular Flavor Nat.Veg.Bulk Powder

 

MCNEIL CONSUMER PRODUCTS: The following McNeil Products contain aspartame:

Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen Fruit Flavored Chewable Tablets

Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen Grape Flavored Chewable Tablets

Childrens TYLENOL acetaminophen Cold Multi-Symptom Chewable Tablets

Junior Strength TYLENOL acetaminophen Fruit Flavored Chewable Tablets

Junior Strength TYLENOL acetaminophen Grape Flavored Chewable Tablets

Pediacare Cold-Allergy Tablets for Ages 6 to 12

Pediacare Cough-Cold Tablets for Ages 6 to 12

Pediacare Childrens Cold Relief Tablets

Tylenol Cold and Flu Hot Medication

Tylenol Cold and Flu No Drowsiness Formula Hot Medication

Childrens Chewable Co-Tylenol

 

MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITIONALS: The following MJN products contain aspartame:

Tempra 3 Chewable Tablets, 80mg acetaminophen tablet (3.3mg

phenylalinine/tab)

Tempra 3 Double Strength Chewable Tablets, 160mg acetominophen

(6.6mg Phen/tab)

GLAXO PHARMACEUTICALS: The following Glaxo product contains aspartame:

Zantac

Efferdose

 

MEDIGUARD: The following Mediguard product contains aspartame:

Mediguard Childens Multivitamin Supplement (Cherry,Orange and Grape)

 

MEIJER: The following Meijer product contains aspartame:

MeijerCircus Shapes (Complete with Calcium,Iron and Minerals)

MeijerCircus Shapes (with Iron)

 

MILES INCORPORATED: The following Miles products contain aspartame:

Alka-Seltzer Plus Night-time Cold Medicine

Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold and Cough Medicine

Alka-Seltzer Plus Sinus Allergy Medicine

Bugs Bunny Vitamin Products (ALL)

Flintstones Plus Calcium Multivitamin Supplement

Flintstones Complete Multivitamin Supplement

Flintstones Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

 

PENNEX PRODUCTS: The following Pennex Products subsidiaries

manufacture products containing aspartame: (Most introduced in 1987):

American Stores: SKAGGS ALPHA BETA Childrens Pain Reliever

Consumer Value Stores: CVS Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Drug Guild Dist: DRUG GUILD childrens anti-pain Chewable Tablets

First Nat'l Supermarkets: FINAST Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Greenbax Enterprises: PRICE-WISE Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Hannaford Bros: SHOP'N SAVE Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

J.C.Penny: TREASURY Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Kinney Drugs: KINNEY " S Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

LaVerdiere's Super Drug: LV ACTION SOOTHSALL Childrens Non-Aspirin

Legend Pharmaceuticals: LEGEND Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin P.R.

Malone & Hyde: HYDE PARK Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Marsh Supermarkets: MARSH Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Osco Drug: OSCO Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Pay'n Save Stores: PAY'N SAVE Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Penned Products: GOOD HEALTH Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Peoples Drug Stores: PEOPLES Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Piggly Wiggly Corp: PIGGLY WIGGLY Childrens Chewable Non-Aspirin P.R.

Rite Aid Corp.: RITE AID Childrens Aceteminophen Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever

Scriver: SUPER TRU Childrens Non-Aspirin Pain Reliever (Acetaminophen)

Wegman's Food Markets: WEGMANS Childrens Chewable Acetaminophen

 

PERRIGO: The following additional Perrigo product contains aspartame:

Animal Shapes Chewable Vitamins Plus Extra C

Animal Shapes Chewable Vitamins Complete

Animal Shapes Chewable Vitamins With Iron

 

PHARMAVITE CORP: The following subsidiary lines contain aspartame:

Eckard Drug: Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

Longs Drug Childrens Chewable Multivitamin

 

RALEY'S: The following Raleys product contains aspartame:

Childrens Chewable Vitamins With Iron

 

SQUIBB: The following Squib products contain aspartame:

Squibcare Sugar Free Natural Fiber Laxative

Thrifty: Thrifty Sugar Free Natural Vegetable Laxative

 

WHITEHALL LABS: The following Whitehall Labs product contains aspartame:

Childrens Anacin-3 Chewable Tablets

Cenci Powder: The following Cenci products contain aspartame:

Naturlax Natural Fiber Laxative

Lifeline Natural Fiber Laxative