CAS 80863-62-3 Food Grade Sweetener Alitame

What is Alitame? 

Alitame is an artificial sweetener developed by Pfizer in the early 1980s and currently marketed in some countries under the brand name Aflame. alitame is an aspartic acid-containing dipeptide. Alitame has several distinct advantages over aspartame. It is about 2000 times sweeter than sucrose, about 10 times sweeter than aspartame, and has no aftertaste. 

Health Benefits&Application of Alitame

Alitame is an artificial sweetener developed by Pfizer in the early 1980s and currently marketed in some countries under the brand name Aflame. Like aspartame, alitame is an aspartic acid-containing dipeptide. Most dipeptides are not sweet, but the unexpected discovery of aspartame in 1965 led to a search for similar compounds that shared its sweetness.

Alitame is one such second-generation dipeptide sweetener. Neotame, developed by the owners of the NutraSweet brand, is another. Alitame has several distinct advantages over aspartame.

Application of Alitame

1. Alitame is used as a sugar substitute in some foods and beverages.2. Alitame is used to sweeten products such as drinks, candies, cookies, medicines, and toothpaste.