A new sugar substitute called advantame was approved on Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The sixth artificial sweetener to receive the agency's blessing, advantame can be used in baked ...

WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) --The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved advantame, which does not yet have a brand name, as a food additive used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer in food, except ...

Critics of aspartame (NutraSweet) who may be getting tired of trying (unsuccessfully) for 35 years to get the sweetener off the market may have something to look forward to. Yesterday the FDA approved ...

(HealthDay News) – A new sugar substitute called advantame has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency’s approval of advantame is based on the findings of 37 animal and ...

Splenda and Stevia step aside, there's a new sweetener in town. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced Monday that they approved advantame (which doesn't yet have a brand-name such as ...

This latest approval means it can be used as a sweetener in a total of 39 countries, including the United States, Mexico, Canada, Japan, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Singapore and Turkey.

The high intensity sweetener Advantame is not associated with any adverse effects, according to a toxicology study over two generations of rats conducted by Ajinomoto. Results published in Food and ...

The sweetener and flavour enhancer has been developed by Ajinomoto and is reportedly 37,000 times sweeter than sugar. It is derived from aspartame and vanillin, with a sweet taste similar to aspartame ...

Chelsea Rae Bourgeois is a health writer and registered dietitian nutritionist with over eight years of experience in the clinical setting. Her writing covers nutrition and overall health topics, ...

Say hello to advantame, aspartame’s intensely sweet cousin, which got the nod to enter the U.S. food market on Wednesday from the Food and Drug Administration. Advantame -- which does not yet having a ...