FDA approves neotame. (Noted In The Federal Register).(Brief Article)

Food Institute Report, The, July, 2002

FDA APPROVES NEOTAME: The Food and Drug Administration approved a new sweetener, neotame, for use as a general-purpose sweetener in a wide variety of food products, other than meat and poultry. Neotame is a non-nutritive, high intensity sweetener that is manufactured by the NutraSweet Company of Mount Prospect, IL.

Depending on its food application, neotame is approximately 7,000 to 13,000 times sweeter than sugar. It is a free-flowing, water soluble, white crystalline powder that is heat stable and can be used as a tabletop sweetener as well as in cooking applications. For more information contact: Blondell Anderson, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, (202) 418-3106.--July 9, 2002 67 FR 45300-45310.