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, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Canderel was first marketed in France in 1979. The name "Canderel" is a combination of candi (or sugar cane) and the French word for bilberries.
"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.
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). Equal - first sold in the United States in 1982, 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.Merisant – About Merisant – The History of Equal and Canderel
See also Aspartame Aspartame controversy Sugar substitute
References
External links Canderel official web site