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The Sweet Side Of Science  by: News Canada (NC)-Everybody's heard of aspartame. The list of products using it for sweetness is long, including breakfast cereals, soft drinks, desserts and yogurt. But what exactly is aspartame? Aspartame is a tabletop sweetener that gives foods a sweet taste, but contains a negligible amount of calories and carbohydrate. Aspartame is not the only sugar substitute to have these properties. Sucralose is another sweetener like aspartame that is used in numerous food products. Based on its name, you might think it's sugar, but it's not! What is the difference between these two tabletop sweeteners? Basically, the difference is in their sweetening power. Sucralose is 600 times sweeter than white sugar, while aspartame is 180 times sweeter. Where does aspartame come from? It was actually discovered by coincidence in 1965 as a US scientist was researching a drug to treat ulcers. He was quite surprised to discover that the substance he was using in his work had an extremely sweet taste! The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wasted no time in commissioning a number of studies, which eventually led to them approving the use of aspartame for commercial purposes. The food industry quickly began using aspartame in manufacturing as a low-calorie sugar substitute to sweeten some food products. Canadians first began seeing aspartame used in foods after Health Canada authorized it over 20 years ago, in 1981, as a tabletop sweetener and food additive. "Aspartame has probably been studied more than any other food additive," states Dr. Joe Schwarcz, Director of the McGill University Office for Chemistry and Society, and author of the book That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles, which devotes a full chapter to aspartame. "Over 70 million North Americans regularly consume products containing aspartame." So don't be surprised by the number of food product ingredient panels that list this popular tabletop sweetener on grocery store shelves! - News Canada About The Author News Canada provides a wide selection of current, ready-to-use copyright free news stories and ideas for Television, Print, Radio, and the Web. News Canada is a niche service in public relations, offering access to print, radio, television, and now the Internet media, with ready-to-use, editorial "fill" items. Monitoring and analysis are two more of our primary services. The service supplies access to the national media for marketers in the private, the public, and the not-for-profit sectors. Your corporate and product news, consumer tips and information are packaged in a variety of ready-to-use formats and are made available to every Canadian media organization including weekly and daily newspapers, cable and commercial television stations, radio stations, as well as the Web sites Canadians visit most often. Visit News Canada and learn more about the NC services. This article was posted on March 04, 2003   View More Videos from the "Food and Drink" category: Learn About the Types of Salts in Cooking How to Make Kreplach Italian Sausage Recipe - Adding Dry Spices How to Make Thai Beef Salad   Read More Articles from the "Food and Drink" Category: Choose The Right Champagne For Your Celebration by Derek Rogers Filipino Food Catering in Atlanta - Perfect Choice for Your Occasio by Loi Perez Make Espresso Your Way With The Capresso ENA 3 by Ashley Puckett How To Be Risk-Free When Pairing Wine And Parmesan Cheese by Maryam Getz An Espresso Machine Can Be The Perfect Morning Incentive To Get You Out Of Bed! by Veronika Bisani Is Acai The World's Most Powerful Superfood? by Todd Levering Fish Dishes and White Wine by Ralph E. Bass, Jr. Coffee - How Do You Like Yours? by Lawrence Patrick Gift Baskets She';ll Love by Brandan Hents Making Incredible Sauces at Home by Reluctant Gourmet << Back to "Food And Drink" Index

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