Aspartame is an artificial sweetener sold in the market. It consist of amino acids and provides calories like other amino acids.

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Aspartame is an artificial sweetener sold in the market. It consist of amino acids and provides calories like other amino acids.

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener sold in the market. It consist of amino acids and provides calories like other amino acids. Yet, it is used as a low-calorie sweetening agent in food items. What is the basis of this use ?

(a) Aspartame is as sweet as table sugar, but unlike table sugar, it is not readily oxidized in human body due to lack of requisite enzymes

(b) When aspartame is used in food processing, the sweet taste remains, but it becomes resistant to oxidation

(c) Aspartame is as sweet as sugar, but after ingestion into the body, it is converted into metabolites that yield no calories

(d) Aspartame is several times sweeter than table sugar, hence food items made with small quantities of aspartame yield fewer calories on oxidation

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Salim Ahmed Kawsar · Answer 1 · Feb 05, 2023 15:29:48

(d) Aspartame is metabolized by the body into two constituent amino acids and methanol. These hydrolysis products are handled by the body in the same way as aspartic acid, L-Phenylanine and methanol from other consumed foods. These components yield NO calory and add nothing new to the diet.

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener sold in the market. It consist of amino acids and provides calories like other amino acids.

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