NutraSweet

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Infobox company The NutraSweet Company is an American nutrient company that produces and markets NutraSweet Neotame, their trademarked brand name for the high-intensity sweetener neotame.

In 2021, NutraSweet was placed 43rd by FoodTalks' list of Top 50 Global Sweetener Companies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Aspartame was invented by chemists at G. D. Searle & Company in 1965.<ref name=CompanyProfile>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1983, the Food and Drug Administration approved its use in soft drinks.<ref name=nyt>Template:Cite web</ref> Searle was bought by Monsanto in 1985.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In March 2000, Monsanto, which was then a subsidiary of the Pharmacia corporation, sold NutraSweet to the private equity firm J.W. Childs Associates.<ref name=CompanyProfile /> In July 2018, Manus Bio Inc. bought the former NutraSweet plant in Augusta, Georgia and reopened the plant to produce the next generation of natural ingredients.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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