aspartame

[uh-spahr-teym, a-spahr-, as-per-teym] / əˈspɑr teɪm, æˈspɑr-, ˈæs pərˌteɪm /

NOUN

artificial sweetener

Synonyms

WEAK

Equal™ Nutrasweet™ Splenda™ Sweet'N Low™ calcium cyclamate cyclamates saccharin sodium cyclamate sucralose sweetening agent

Example Sentences

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aspartame

He has no idea what aspartame is, technically speaking, but he gets the gist.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

They advise against consuming nonnutritive sweeteners, such as aspartame and sucralose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026

Trump is a regular drinker of Diet Coke - which uses the artificial sweetener aspartame.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2025

"Artificial sweeteners in food and beverages mainly include sucralose, aspartame, saccharin and acesulfame."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024

So you can't just swap out sugars for aspartame.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2024