Development of New, Low Calorie Sweetener: New Aspartame Derivative

Since its launch in the market over 20 years ago, the amino acid based sweetener Aspartame has substantially contributed to the improved taste quality of uncountable number of reduced calorie food and beverage products around the globe. During this period, value added functionalities of Aspartame was developed for a wide spectrum of food products. In parallel, the Ajinomoto Company has explored a great number of molecules to develop a novel sweetener. By using advanced technology, in conformational analysis, molecular design, and receptor model building, Ajinomoto has developed the next generation sweetener. In this paper, we will describe Ajinomoto's research and development work on the new sweetener (Laboratory code name: ANS9801).