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Aspartame degradation as a function of "water activity"

L N Bell1, T P Labuza

  • 1Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul 55108.

Summary

Aspartame degradation accelerates with increasing water activity (aw) and temperature, but is unaffected by glucose. Actual pH in condensed phases differs from initial pH, shifting optimal degradation rates.

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