Aspartame is used in a variety of products including diet soft drinks sugar-free gum low-calorie desserts and some pharmaceutical formulations to enhance taste without adding sugar.

The purpose of aspartame is to provide sweetness with minimal calories helping people reduce sugar intake and manage conditions such as Diabetes mellitus.

Aspartame is a low-calorie artificial sweetener made from the amino acids Aspartic acid and Phenylalanine and it is about 200 times sweeter than regular sugar.