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Meaning of ASPARTAME

Pronunciation:  u'spârteym

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener
 
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 See Also: sweetener, sweetening

 

 

Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: A man-made sweetener that people use in place of sugar because it has very few calories.
 
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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: An artifical sweetener (a synthetic dipeptide ester, N-L-alpha-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester, or L-asp-L-phe-OMe) which is 200 times sweeter than table sugar (sucrose).
 
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