The NutraSweet Company is an American nutrient company that produces and markets NutraSweet Neotame, their

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ed brand name for the high-intensity sweetener neotame. In 2021, NutraSweet was placed 43rd by FoodTalks' list of Top 50 Global Sweetener Companies. Aspartame was invented by chemists at G. D. Searle & Company in 1965. In 1983, the

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approved its use in soft drinks. Searle was bought by

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in 1985. In March 2000, Monsanto, which was then a subsidiary of the

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corporation, sold NutraSweet to the

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firm J.W. Childs Associates. In July 2018, Manus Bio Inc. bought the former NutraSweet plant in

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and reopened the plant to produce the next generation of natural ingredients.

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