Canderel
The Canderel logo.
Canderel is a brand of artificial sweetener made mainly from aspartame. Canderel is marketed by The Merisant Company, a global corporation with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, also Switzerland, Mexico, and Australia.
Canderel was first marketed in France in 1979. The name "Canderel" is a combination of candi (or sugar cane) and airelles - the French word for bilberries.[1]
- "Canderel granular" ingredients: maltodextrin, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, flavouring.
- "Canderel tablets" ingredients: lactose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, leucine, cross-linked CMC, flavouring.
Canderel is said to be interchangeable with sugar in a 1 to 10 mass ratio.[2]
Aspartame-containing products made by NutraSweet / Merisant
- Canderel - sold in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Mexico. It is the leading aspartame-based sweetener in France (where it was launched in 1979) and the United Kingdom (since 1983).[1]
- Equal - first sold in the United States in 1982,[1] this brand is also sold in Australia and India.
- EqualSweet - sold in Argentina
- NutraSweet - used as an ingredient in many processed foods, drinks and tablets, in 1997 it also began to be marketed as a table sweetener in the United States.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.canderel.uk.com/uk/corporate/historical.asp
- ↑ http://www.canderel.co.uk/questions-and-answers
- ↑ Merisant - About Merisant - The History of Equal and Canderel