aspartame

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈspɑːteɪm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈæspəɹteɪm/

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• Hyphenation: a‧spar‧tame

aspartame (usually uncountable, plural aspartames)

1. (organic chemistry) 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.

• E951 when used as a sweetener

• aspartame on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

aspartame

1. aspartame

aspartame m (usually uncountable, plural aspartames)

1. (organic chemistry) aspartame (an artificial sweetener)

aspartame m (uncountable)

1. aspartame