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Aspartame is an artificial sweetener. It is 250 times sweeter than sugar in a typical concentration, without all the high energy value of sugar. Aspartame has caloric value of 4 kilocalories (17 kilojoules) per gram, which make it became popular sweetener to those people who are trying to avoid calories from sugar. The taste sensations are created when molecules react with receptor sites on the palate. It just happens that aspartame chemically and physically fits sweetness receptors, so tastes sweet. Unlike many artificial sweeteners, aspartame is digested and is needed in significant quantities to provide enough sweetness. It is an amino-acid dimer - in effect a very short chain peptide or protein

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