Aspartame is a high-intensity artificial sweetener roughly 200 times sweeter than table sugar, sold under brand names such as Equal, NutraSweet and Canderel. A white, odourless crystalline powder, it delivers a clean, sugar-like sweetness in tiny amounts and is the defining sweetener of diet soft drinks worldwide.
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