NutraSweet

the NutraSweet Company

Type	Private (subsidiary of J.W. Childs Associates)
Predecessor	G.D. Searle
Founded	1985, as a division of Monsanto Company
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Key people	Craig R. Petray, Chief Executive Officer
Products	Aspartame and neotame
Website	www.nutrasweet.com

The NutraSweet Company is an American nutrient company that produces and markets NutraSweet, their trademarked brand name for the artificial sweeteners aspartame and neotame.

The NutraSweet Company states that its product is used in more than 5,000 products and consumed by some 250 million people worldwide.^[1]

Aspartame was invented by chemists at G. D. Searle & Company in 1965.^[2] Searle was bought by Monsanto in 1985.^[3] In March 2000, Monsanto, which was then a subsidiary of the Pharmacia corporation, sold NutraSweet to the private equity firm J.W. Childs.^[2]

References

E numbers - 950-969

Colours (E100–199)
Preservatives (E200–299)
Antioxidants & acidity regulators (E300–399)
Thickeners, stabilisers & emulsifiers (E400–499)
pH regulators & anticaking agents (E500–599)
Flavour enhancers (E600–699)
Antibiotics (E700–799)
Miscellaneous (E900–999)
Additional chemicals (E1100–1599)

Waxes (E900–909)
Synthetic glazes (E910–919)
Improving agents (E920–929)
Packaging gases (E930–949)
Sweeteners (E950–969)
Foaming agents (E990–999)

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