Chemistry:Canderel
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Canderel is a brand of artificial sweetener made mainly from aspartame. Canderel is marketed by The Merisant Company, a global corporation with headquarters in Chicago , Illinois, also Switzerland , Mexico, United Kingdom, and Australia .
Canderel was first marketed in France in 1979. The name "Canderel" is a combination of candi (or sugar cane) and airelles - the French word for bilberries.[1]
- "Canderel granular" ingredients: maltodextrin, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, flavouring.
- "Canderel tablets" ingredients: lactose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, leucine, cross-linked CMC, flavouring.
Canderel is said to be interchangeable with sugar in a 1 to 10 mass ratio.[2]
Aspartame-containing products made by NutraSweet / Merisant
- Canderel - sold in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Mexico. It is the leading aspartame-based sweetener in France (where it was launched in 1979) and the United Kingdom (since 1983).[1]
- Equal - first sold in the United States in 1982,[1] this brand is also sold in Australia and India .
- EqualSweet - sold in Argentina
- NutraSweet - used as an ingredient in many processed foods, drinks and tablets, in 1997 it also began to be marketed as a table sweetener in the United States .[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Canderel - for a Healthy Balanced Lifestyle that Tastes as Good as Sugar. Diet, sweetener, recipes". Archived from the original on 2006-12-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20061206171018/http://www.canderel.uk.com/uk/corporate/historical.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ↑ "Questions and Answers | Canderel | Great Taste, Low Calorie Sweetener". http://www.canderel.co.uk/questions-and-answers#.
- ↑ Merisant – About Merisant – The History of Equal and Canderel
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