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.Equal – first sold in the United States in 1982 also sold in New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, South Africa and India.It is the leading aspartame-based sweetener in France (where it was launched in 1979) and the United Kingdom (since 1983). Canderel – sold in most of Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Mexico.(Main article: Sucralose.) On January 9, 2009, Merisant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.Īspartame-containing products made by NutraSweet / Merisant In 2006–2007, Merisant and McNeil Nutritionals were involved in a protracted legal battle over marketing for Splenda. These include The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo. Merisant's NutraSweet company states that aspartame is now used in more than 5,000 products and consumed by some 250 million people worldwide. Īspartame-based products have gained regulatory approvals permitting sale in more than 100 countries. Įqual tablets are not an identical formulation, and their primary ingredient is lactose. Searle, Tatham, Laird & Kudner, recommended adding an 'L' to the end of the name, to imply its taste is equal to sugar.Įqual is sold variously as a bottled powder ('Equal Spoonful'), in blue individual-serving packets, and as a dissolving tablet for use in beverages such as tea and coffee.Īn Equal packet contains dextrose, aspartame (1.7%), acesulfame potassium (1.2%), starch, silicon dioxide (an anti-caking agent), maltodextrin, and unspecified flavouring. Originally, the product was to be named Equa. In the early 1980s, Equal and its European counterpart, Canderel, were the first aspartame-based sweeteners to be sold to the public. In French Canada, Equal is known as 'Égal'. It is marketed as a tabletop sweetener by Merisant, a global corporation which also previously owned the well-known NutraSweet brand when it was a subsidiary of Monsanto and which has headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, Switzerland, Mexico, and Singapore. The Equal brand logo.Įqual is an American brand of artificial sweetener containing aspartame, acesulfame potassium, dextrose and maltodextrin.

For other uses, see Equal (disambiguation).

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