Canderel

Canderel is a popular 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, 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.http://www.canderel.uk.com/uk/corporate/historical.asp]

* "Canderel granular" ingredients: maltodextrin, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, flavouring.
* "Canderel tablets" ingredients: lactose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, leucine, cross-linked CMC, flavouring.

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).
* Equal - first sold in the United States in 1982, 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. [ [http://www.merisant.com/pages/about_merisant/equal.asp Merisant - About Merisant - The History of Equal and Canderel ] ]

ee also

*Aspartame
*Aspartame controversy
*Excitotoxicity
*Sugar substitute

References

External links

* [http://www.canderel.net/ Canderel official web site]