ʻO Aspartame kekahi o nā mea ʻono kūlohelohe i ka US i ka wā e pili ana i nā meaʻai haʻahaʻa calorie.
He 0,9 g wale nō ka nui o nā mea ʻono i hoʻokumu ʻia i ka aspartame a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka calorie. Ma muli o kēia, hoʻohui nā mea hana meaʻai i ka aspartame i nā huahana he nui ʻole ke kō. Ma waena o lākou, kekahi o nā mea inu kaulana loa e like me ʻAi ʻai Coke.
I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe nui ʻia ke kiʻi o ka aspartame a ua hoʻāla ʻia kahi ʻano hoʻāla kaiapili e pili ana iā ia, ka mea i hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka poʻe e hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka maʻi kanesa. ʻO ke kumu nui o kēia he hale hana Italia alakaʻi ʻia i nā ʻiole e kuhikuhi ana i kahi pilina ma waena o ka mea ʻono a me ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā maʻi maʻi pili koko, akā he nui nā haʻawina ma hope o ke kanaka kue i keia mau hopena. No laila, ua ʻike ka FDA he mea ʻono palekana loa ia e hoʻohana ai i nā meaʻai a me nā mea inu. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo FDA i ka poʻe me kahi maʻi hoʻoilina i kapa ʻia ʻo phenylketonuria (PKU) pono e pale i ka ʻai ʻana i ka aspartame, no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki i ko lākou kino ke metabolize ia.
ʻO ka Aspartame kahi mea ʻono hiki ke paʻakikī ke loaʻa ma Sepania i kahi ʻano mea ʻono, no laila ʻo ke koho i makemake nui ʻia ʻo ia ke hele no nā mea ʻono keto kūlohelohe e like me, no ka laʻana, stevia.