NutraSweet
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| Private (subsidiary of J.W. Childs Associates) | |
| Predecessor | G.D. Searle |
| Founded | 1985, as a division of Monsanto Company |
| Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
Key people | Craig R. Petray, Chief Executive Officer |
| Products | aspartame |
| Website | www.nutrasweet.com |
The NutraSweet Company makes and sells NutraSweet, their trademarked brand name for the artificial sweetener aspartame, and Neotame. Despite losing market share in recent years to sucralose,[1] the NutraSweet Company states that its product is used in more than 5,000 products and consumed by some 250 million people worldwide.[2]
Aspartame was invented by chemists at G. D. Searle & Company in 1965.[3] Searle was bought by Monsanto in 1985.[4] In March 2000, Monsanto, which was then a subsidiary of the Pharmacia corporation, sold NutraSweet to the private equity firm J.W. Childs.[3]
See also
- Aspartame
- Aspartame controversy
- Merisant, a different company that also makes sugar substitutes (including Equal, another aspartame-based product)
- Sugar substitute
- Sweet'n Low
References
- ↑ Carney, By Beth (2005-01-19). "It's Not All Sweetness for Splenda". BusinessWeek: Daily Briefing. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- ↑ NutraSweet.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 the NutraSweet Company. "NutraSweet Company: Company Profile". Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ↑ NY Times report
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