| Aspartame has established itself as an important component in many low-calorie, sugar-free foods and beverages and is primarily responsible for the growth over the last two decades in the sugar-free market. The safety of aspartame has been affirmed by the U.S. FDA 26 times in the past 23 years. Currently, aspartame is consumed by over 200 million people around the world and is found in more than 6,000 products including carbonated soft drinks, powdered soft drinks, chewing gum, confections, gelatins, dessert mixes, puddings and fillings, frozen desserts, yogurt, tabletop sweeteners, and some pharmaceuticals such as vitamins and sugar-free cough drops. In the United States, all food ingredients, including aspartame, must be listed in the ingredient statement on the food label. Several tabletop sweeteners containing aspartame as the sweetening
ingredient can be used in a wide variety of recipes. However, in
some recipes requiring lengthy heating or baking, a loss of sweetness
may occur; this is not a safety issue - simply the product may not
be as sweet as desired. Therefore, it is best to use tabletop sweeteners
with aspartame in specially designed recipes available from the
manufacturers of these tabletop sweeteners. Aspartame tabletop sweeteners
may also be added to some recipes at the end of heating to maintain
sweetness. The Following Reduced Calorie Products Have Aspartame-Sweetened Choices
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