I-Aspartame, eyaziwa ngokuba yi-Nutra-Sweet okanye ngokulula i-E951, yindawo yeswekile eyenziwe ngamachiza eyafunyanwa e-Chicago ngo-1965 ngusokhemisti ovela kwi-subsidiary yomenzi we-pesticide iMonsanto. I-Aspartame ngoku iqulethwe ngaphezu kwe-9000 "ukutya" kwaye inoxanduva lobumnandi obungengobo bokwenziwa kweelekese ezininzi kunye nezinye iimveliso. Ngaphambili, isithako esisebenzayo sasithengiswa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kuthi ziinkampani ezahlukeneyo njengesongezo esingenabungozi, kodwa ukusukela ngoko. ...