Neotame

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Properties:

•  Similar to aspartame
• 7000 to 8000 times sweeter than sucrose
• Chemical modification to the structure make it 30-40 times sweeter than aspartame
• Used in Medicines, beverages and soy based nutritionally fortified products
• Rapidly metabolized by hydrolysis of the methyl ester present throughout the body
• Yields de-esterified neotame, the major metabolite, and an insignificant amount methanol
• Yields de-esterified neotame, the major metabolite, and an insignificant amount methanol