I-Aspartame ingelinye lama-sweeteners okwenziwa ajwayelekile e-US uma kukhulunywa ngokudla okunekhalori ephansi.
Iphakethe le-aspartame-sweetener elisuselwa ku-aspartame ngokuvamile liqukethe kuphela u-0,9 g wenet carbohydrates kanye nekhalori engaphansi kweyodwa. Ngenxa yalokhu, abakhiqizi bokudla bangeza i-aspartame emikhiqizweni eminingi engenashukela. Phakathi kwabo, omunye iziphuzo ezaziwa kakhulu ezifana Ukudla kwe-Coke.
Eminyakeni embalwa edlule isithombe se-aspartame sasingcoliswe kakhulu futhi kwaphakanyiswa uhlobo lwe-alamu yomphakathi mayelana nayo, eyaqinisekisa abantu ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwayo kungadala umdlavuza. Imbangela enkulu yalokhu kwaba istudiyo sase-Italy okwenziwa ngamagundane akhomba ukuxhumana okungenzeka phakathi kwe-sweetener kanye nengozi eyengeziwe yomdlavuza ohlobene negazi, kodwa izifundo eziningi ezalandela kubantu phikisa le miphumela. Ngakho-ke ekugcineni, i-FDA ithole ukuthi iyi-sweetener ephephe ngokuphelele ukusetshenziswa ekudleni naseziphuzweni. I-FDA ixwayise ngokuthi abantu abanesifo esingajwayelekile esizuzwe njenge-phenylketonuria (PKU) kufanele bakugweme ukudla i-aspartame, ngoba imizimba yabo ayikwazi ukuyigaya.
I-Aspartame iyi-sweetener okungaba nzima ukuyithola eSpain ngefomethi ye-sweetener, ngakho-ke inketho enconyiwe kakhulu ukuyothola ama-sweeteners emvelo engeziwe, njengesibonelo, stevia.