date:Oct 30, 2012
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This powerful molecule is 20,000 times as sweet as sugar and about 100 times as sweet as aspartame. Currently, it is awaiting FDA approval as a sweetener. The FEMA (Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association) expert panel, FEXPAN, has so far given it GRAS approval as a flavor enhancer in very specific applications at maximum ppm usage levels.
Allowable finished product levels of advantame are: 2 ppm in nonalcoholic beverages; 1 ppm in milk products, 1 ppm in frozen dairy pro