Ajinomoto Aspartame is a high-intensity sweetener that is 200 times sweeter than sugar. It has exceptional sensory, nutritional, and safety characteristics. Used in products ranging from food to pharmaceutical drugs and supplements, aspartame helps to achieve the desired sweetness profile without additional calories.

As a sugar substitute, aspartame helps diabetics improve their quality of life by enabling them to follow nutrition recommendations and choose from a much wider variety of appealing foods and beverages. It is an ingredient in approximately 6,000 consumer foods and beverages worldwide, including diet sodas, soft drinks, cereals, sugar free chewing gum, multivitamins, pharmaceutical drugs and supplements, and tabletop sweeteners.

Ajinomoto, one of Japan's best known and most respected brand names, is the leading manufacturer of aspartame.