Welcome to Aspartame Research

Prior to its approval for use in food and beverage products, aspartame was subjected to one of the most comprehensive research programs ever undertaken for a food ingredient. Since 1967, more than 200 scientific studies have been conducted. Based on this research, aspartame has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Canada's Health Protection Branch (HPB), experts of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the regulatory agencies of 133 other nations.

In the Food and Drug Administration's Final Decision on aspartame's approval (Fed. Reg. 46:38289, 1981), the Commissioner stated:

"Few compounds have withstood such detailed research and repeated, close scrutiny, and the process through which aspartame has gone should provide the public with additional confidence of its safety."

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