aspartamenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæs.pə.teɪm/us/ˈæs.pɚ.teɪm/a very sweet substance that contains very little energy and is used instead of sugar to make drinks and foods sweet
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Sugar & sugar substitutes
- brown sugar
- caster sugar
- confectioner's sugar
- corn syrup
- demerara sugar
- glucose
- golden syrup
- icing sugar
- lactose
- maltase
- molasses
- NutraSweet
- powdered sugar
- saccharin
- sucrose
- sugar
- sweetener
- syrup
- syrupy
- treacle
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Examples from literature
- Saccharine is about 500 times sweeter than sugar, and aspartame is 200 times sweeter!
- Two kinds of artificial sweeteners are saccharine and aspartame.