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Aspartame is an artificial sweetener sold in the market. It consists of amino acids and provides calories like other amino acids. Yet, it is used as a low-calorie sweetening agent in food items. What is the basis of this use?

Option: 1

When is aspartame is used in food processing, the sweet taste remains but becomes resistant to oxidation


Option: 2

Aspartame is 100 times sweeter than table sugar, hence food items made with a small quantity of aspartame yield fewer calories on oxidation.


Option: 3

Aspartame is as sweet as sugar, but after ingestion into the body, it is converted into metabolites that yield no calories


Option: 4

Aspartame is as sweet as table sugar but unlike table sugar, it is not readily oxidized in the human body due to a lack of requisite enzymes.


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Aspartame is about 100 times sweeter than sugar but it is unstable at cooking temperature and hence, it is used in cold foods and drinks.

Since Aspartame is 100 times sweeter than table sugar, hence food items made with a small quantity of aspartame yield fewer calories on oxidation.

So, option 2 is correct.

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