Aspartame

Aspartame is a high intensity sweetener also identified as N-L-alpha-Aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester. It is a dipeptide composed of two amino acids, L-aspartic acid and L-phenylalanine. These constituents are found in everyday foods and are metabolized by the human body. Niutang Aspartame has a clean sweet taste that is approximately 200-300 sweeter than sugar. It is ratified for use in over 130 countries and regions around the world. Aspartame can be found in over 4000 different types of food and beverages.


Products name: Aspartame

Structural Formula

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CAS Number: 22839-47-0

Molecular Formula: C14H18N2O5

Molecular Weight: 294.3

Characteristic: White Crystalline powder


Specifications

Aspartame 98.0-102.0% 


Applications:

Aspartame’s performance is clean、low calorie and pure taste.(200 times sweeter than Sucrose);Aspartame is used in the manufacture of many sugar-free, low calorie and dietary products, such as:

1.Beverages: carbonated and still soft drinks, fruit-juices and fruit syrups.

2.Table-top: compressed sweeteners, powdered sweeteners (spoon-for-spoon), sweetener sachets and liquid table-top sweeteners.

3.Dry mixes: hot and cold chocolate and beverage mixes and instant desserts.

4.Dairy: yoghurt, frozen novelties and desserts.

5.Confectionery: chewing gum, boiled sweets, pastilles, mints, chocolate, gums and jellies.

6.Pharmaceutical: tablets, sugar-free syrups, powdered mixes and effervescent tablets.


Product Characteristic:

1.Taste same as sugar, cool feeling, without bitterness.

2.Aspartame is 160-200 times sweeter than Sucrose, and may contribute significantly to lower cost of food products, when replacing Sucrose.

3.Aspartame has no negative effect on blood sugar, coronary heart diseases and hypertension. and doesn’t cause dental caries.

4.Aspartame can miniaturize the shape of Pharmaceutical preparations and cover the Medicine bitterness.