Aspartame is a popular sweetener manufactured through chemical synthesis, available as white granular or powder. It’s widely used as sweetener in food and beverage as it's about 200 times sweeter than sucrose in food and beverage for its high sweetness which is about 200 times stronger than sucrose.
Yes. Aspartame is gluten free and widely used in gluten free food to provide sweet taste to soft drinks and desserts.
To answer this question, we need to clarify another question: what is gluten. Gluten is protein composite found in wheat and related grains, including barley and rye. (Wikipedia) First, gluten is a protein. Second, gluten is mainly found in wheat and related grains. As we mentioned before, Aspartameis a methyl ester of L-phenylalanine and L-Aspartic Acid which is significantly different from protein. Raw materials used in manufacturing of Aspartame are aspartic acid and phenylalanine dipeptide; Aspartame barely includes gluten impurity. So, Aspartame is gluten free.
Aspartame is widely used in food and beverage to provide sweet taste to soft drinks and desserts. Aspartame is also widely used in daily gluten free recipe, such as desserts. Please follow professional instructions to decide the appropriate combination and dosage.
Celiac disease: Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease that attacks the small intestine due to the presence of gluten, for which a gluten-free diet is the only medically-accepted treatment. In 2009 research showed between 0.5 and 1.0 percent of people in the US and UK are sensitive to gluten due to celiac disease. So people with Celiac disease have to stick to gluten free diet to avoid unexpected side effect caused by consumption of gluten.
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity: Some people may be sensitive to gluten but do not have celiac disease and feel better on a diet with less gluten. However, there are no specific symptoms confirmed. Non-celiac gluten sensitivity also drives more people to gluten free diet when people believe that they feel better when eating gluten free.
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