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Neotame is an artificial sweetener made by NutraSweet that is between
8,000 and 13,000 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). Neotame
is moderately heat stable and extremely potent, and is considered
to be of no danger to those suffering from phenylketonuria, as it
does not metabolize into phenylalanine. The product is rapidly metabolized,
completely eliminated, and does not accumulate in the body. The
major metabolic pathway is hydrolysis of the methyl ester by esterases
that are present throughout the body, which yields de-esterified
neotame and methanol. Because only very small amounts of neotame
are needed to sweeten foods, the amount of methanol derived from
neotame is very small relative to that derived from common foods,
such as fruit and vegetable juices.
It is chemically similar to the popular artificial sweetener aspartame,
however it has a 3,3-dimethylbutyl group attached to the amino group
of the aspartic acid portion of the molecule. Peptidases, which
would typically break the peptide bond between the aspartic acid
and phenylalanine moieties, are essentially blocked by the presence
of the 3,3-dimethylbutyl moiety, thus reducing the availability
of phenylalanine.
Neotame was approved by the FDA for general use in July 2002, but
is not yet widely used in food products.
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