Aspartame is a artificial sweetener used wildly in food, beverage, gum, powder drink, tablets and etc. And what is aspartame made of,how Aspartame is made? Aspartame is made of L-Phenelalanine, L-Aspartic Acid and Methanol.
L-Phenelalanine used as amino acid when made of Aspartame. Phenylalanine is found naturally in the breast milk of mammals. It is used in the manufacture of food and drink products and sold as a nutritional supplement for its reputed analgesic and antidepressant effects. It is a direct precursor to the neuromodulator phenethylamine, a commonly used dietary supplement.
L-aspartic acid used as amino acid when made of Aspartame. L-aspartic acid is a nonessential amino acid. It is found in abundance in plant proteins but can be manufactured in the body from oxaloacedic acids. It is one of two acidic amino acids. Aspartic acid and glutamic acid play important roles as general acids in enzyme active centers, as well as in maintaining the solubility and ionic character of proteins. Aspartic acid is used as a component of parenteral and enteral nutrition. In pharmaceutical agents aspartic acid is used as an ammoniac detoxicating agent, hepar function accelerator and fatigue refresher. Aspartic acid is also widely utilized for mineral supplementation in the form of its potassium, magnesium or calcium salts.
Methanol used as an alcoho when made of Aspartame , also known as methyl alcohol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha or wood spirits, is a chemical with the formula CH3OH (often abbreviated MeOH). Methanol acquired the name “wood alcohol” because it was once produced chiefly as a byproduct of the destructive distillation of wood. Modern-day methanol production occurs in a catalytic industrial process directly from carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen.
