Aspartame renamed as 'Natural' Sweetener

flashie: you know the drill, the High Priests of Western 'Science' try to make an anti-ulcer drug. and par for the academic lofty heights they often reach, fail, but the holy one Rumsfeld decided that the shit xtracted from e-coli could be used to poison us in more than 6000 processed foods just in good ol USA...
http://www.rense.com/general74/comn.htm

Aspartame has been renamed and is now being marketed as a natural sweetener


Ethan Huff
NaturalNews
Monday, February 15th, 2010

In response to growing awareness about the dangers of artificial sweeteners, what does the manufacturer of one of the world’s most notable artificial sweeteners do? Why, rename it and begin marketing it as natural, of course. This is precisely the strategy of Ajinomoto, maker of aspartame, which hopes to pull the wool over the eyes of the public with its rebranded version of aspartame, called “AminoSweet”.

Over 25 years ago, aspartame was first introduced into the European food supply. Today, it is an everyday component of most diet beverages, sugar-free desserts, and chewing gums in countries worldwide. But the tides have been turning as the general public is waking up to the truth about artificial sweeteners like aspartame and the harm they cause to health. The latest aspartame marketing scheme is a desperate effort to indoctrinate the public into accepting the chemical sweetener as natural and safe, despite evidence to the contrary.

Aspartame was an accidental discovery by James Schlatter, a chemist who had been trying to produce an anti-ulcer pharmaceutical drug for G.D. Searle & Company back in 1965. Upon mixing aspartic acid and phenylalanine, two naturally-occurring amino acids, he discovered that the new compound had a sweet taste. The company merely changed its FDA approval application from drug to food additive and, voila, aspartame was born.

G.D. Searle & Company first patented aspartame in 1970. An internal memo released in the same year urged company executives to work on getting the FDA into the “habit of saying yes” and of encouraging a “subconscious spirit of participation” in getting the chemical approved.

flashie: G.D. Searle & Company submitted its first petition to the FDA in 1973 and fought for years to gain FDA approval, submitting its own safety studies that many believed were inadequate and deceptive. Despite numerous objections, including one from its own scientists, the company was able to convince the FDA to approve aspartame for commercial use in a few products in 1974, igniting a blaze of controversy.

In 1976, then FDA Commissioner Alexander Schmidt wrote a letter to Sen. Ted Kennedy expressing concern over the “questionable integrity of the basic safety data submitted for aspartame safety”. FDA Chief Counsel Richard Merrill believed that a grand jury should investigate G.D. Searle & Company for lying about the safety of aspartame in its reports and for concealing evidence proving the chemical is unsafe for consumption.

Despite the myriad of evidence gained over the years showing that aspartame is a dangerous toxin, it has remained on the global market with the exception of a few countries that have banned it. In fact, it continued to gain approval for use in new types of food despite evidence showing that it causes neurological brain damage, cancerous tumors, and endocrine disruption, among other things.

The details of aspartame’s history are lengthy, but the point remains that the carcinogen was illegitimately approved as a food additive through heavy-handed prodding by a powerful corporation with its own interests in mind. Practically all drugs and food additives are approved by the FDA not because science shows they are safe but because companies essentially lobby the FDA with monetary payoffs and complete the agency’s multi-million dollar approval process.

Changing aspartame’s name to something that is “appealing and memorable”, in Ajinomoto’s own words, may hoodwink some but hopefully most will reject this clever marketing tactic as nothing more than a desperate attempt to preserve the company’s multi-billion dollar cash cow. Do not be deceived.

flashie: Sources:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/ aspartame-has-been-renamed -and-is-now-being- marketed-as-a-natural- sweetener.html

Ajinomoto brands aspartame ‘AminoSweet’ – FoodBev.com

Aspartame History Highlights – Janet Starr Hull

FDA’s approval of aspartame under scrutiny – The Globe and Mail (Canada)

An Overdue Ban On A Dangerous Sweetener – Huffington Post


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flashie: theres fluoride in the water. e-coli shit in our food. our governments love us. yea.

[Melancholy]:

flashie: he used to do surgery on the girls in the 80's but gravity always wins


im glad you responded trees, reminded me of a song i love

flashie: gods gravity wins not isaac newtons getting hit on the head by a falling apple. maybe god was tellin the mason dude sumin

[Melancholy]: your welcome

928 as the mack: well there's nothing natrual about aspertame, you could leave out on a plate ,and it wouldnt even spoil

flashie: its made from e-coli excrement ew

Outbackjack: I am glad you have posted this flashie.

People need to know about this and the connections to the rich and powerful people like Rumsfeld who just forced this crap on consumers.

I find it very disturbing that it is being marketed as "natural" but not surprised as some GMOs are now being labelled as organic.

john1576: Flashy. What do you mean; 'not natural' what is not natural about Aspartame? I use Aspartame and Saccharin. Saccharin is made from coal. Coal is really just old tree trunks. Can you tell me one country on Earth that has banned Aspartame or Saccharin? There may be one I don't know. People went on and on about Saccharin being bad for people, but never noticed a simple fact. Diabetics used more saccharin than anyone, and never as a group had any health problems from using it.

eternal_peace: Wriggles, Coca-Cola are two companies who use aspartame in their products.
It can cause so many side affects and I don't think alot of people are aware of this.
More public awareness is needed.

Spirit One: ASPARTAME is a product developed by MONSANTO Corp. it was originally marketed as ANT POISON and is listed as a neuro toxin ,put some on an ant hill and see if there are any ants left the next day [I have] it kills them ,just like it is killing everyone that consumes it ,it is sold under the names of EQUAL ,SPOONFUL ,NUTRISWEET ,just to name a few ,it is put in DIET foods and drinks ,it doesn't help you lose weight ,it tricks your brain into thinking it taste good ,so you consume more [how the hell do you lose any weight that way?] anyhoo ,it is poison that builds up in your body and is directly related to MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS UMMMMMM Have another COKE LMFAO

WaxItYourself: 'natural sweetener' sounds a lot better than 'chemical weapon' which, after first production, aspartame was marketed to the government as.