Identify the following substances: It is 100 times as sweet as cane sugar and its use is limited to cold food and soft drinks as it is unstable at cooking temperature.
The most popular and extensively used artificial sweetener is aspartame. It is around 100 times sweeter than cane sugar. It is a dipeptide made up of aspartic acid and phenylalanine that is methyl esterified. Because aspartame is unstable at cooking temperatures, it is only used in cold meals and soft drinks.
