Aspartame ndi imodzi mwazotsekemera zodziwika bwino ku US pankhani yazakudya zotsika zama calorie.
Paketi ya zotsekemera zochokera ku aspartame nthawi zambiri zimakhala ndi 0,9 g yokha ya ma carbohydrates komanso ma calorie ochepera amodzi. Chifukwa cha izi, opanga zakudya amawonjezera aspartame kuzinthu zambiri zopanda shuga. Pakati pawo, imodzi mwa zakumwa zodziwika bwino monga Zakudya za Coke.
Zaka zingapo zapitazo chithunzi cha aspartame chinali chodetsedwa kwambiri ndipo mtundu wa alamu udadzutsidwa ponena za izo, zomwe zidatsimikizira anthu kuti kumwa kwake kungayambitse khansa. Chifukwa chachikulu cha izi chinali studio yaku Italy amachitidwa mu makoswe omwe amawonetsa kulumikizana komwe kungatheke pakati pa zotsekemera ndi chiopsezo chowonjezereka cha khansa yokhudzana ndi magazi, koma maphunziro angapo otsatirawa mwa anthu kutsutsana ndi zotsatirazi. Chifukwa chake, a FDA adapeza kuti ndi zotsekemera zotetezeka kugwiritsa ntchito muzakudya ndi zakumwa. A FDA adachenjeza kuti anthu omwe ali ndi matenda osowa cholowa otchedwa phenylketonuria (PKU) sayenera kumwa aspartame, chifukwa thupi lawo silingathe kuyimitsa.
Aspartame ndi chotsekemera chomwe chimakhala chovuta kuchipeza ku Spain mumtundu wotsekemera, chifukwa chake njira yabwino kwambiri ndikupangira zotsekemera zachilengedwe za keto monga, mwachitsanzo, stevia.
