What makes diet sodas taste sweet without all the sugar? The simple answer is “artificial sweetener,” but a patent now confirms what the commonly used sweetener aspartame is really made of: the feces of genetically modified E. Coli.

According to the patent that is now available for the public online, genetically modified E. Coli are cultivated in tanks and fed so that they can “harvest,” or defecate, the proteins that contain the aspartic acid-phenylalanine amino acid segment needed to make the aspartame. The proteins are then collected and treated with methanol to produce the artificial sweetener.

The patent was first filed in 1981, but this is the first time it is widely accessible to the public.
- See more at: http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/08/27/patent-confirms-aspartame-is-made-from-bacteria-feces/#sthash.pZC3leHf.dpuf

Patent confirms aspartame is made from bacteria feces

What makes diet sodas taste sweet without all the sugar? The simple answer is “artificial sweetener,” but a patent now confirms what the commonly used sweetener aspartame is really made of: the feces of genetically modified E. Coli.
According to the patent that is now available for the public online, genetically modified E. Coli are cultivated in tanks and fed so that they can “harvest,” or defecate, the proteins that contain the aspartic acid-phenylalanine amino acid segment needed to make the aspartame. The proteins are then collected and treated with methanol to produce the artificial sweetener.
The patent was first filed in 1981, but this is the first time it is widely accessible to the public.

- See more at: http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/08/27/patent-confirms-aspartame-is-made-from-bacteria-feces/#sthash.pZC3leHf.dpuf

Patent confirms aspartame is made from bacteria feces

What makes diet sodas taste sweet without all the sugar? The simple answer is “artificial sweetener,” but a patent now confirms what the commonly used sweetener aspartame is really made of: the feces of genetically modified E. Coli.
According to the patent that is now available for the public online, genetically modified E. Coli are cultivated in tanks and fed so that they can “harvest,” or defecate, the proteins that contain the aspartic acid-phenylalanine amino acid segment needed to make the aspartame. The proteins are then collected and treated with methanol to produce the artificial sweetener.
The patent was first filed in 1981, but this is the first time it is widely accessible to the public.

- See more at: http://www.metro.us/newyork/news/national/2013/08/27/patent-confirms-aspartame-is-made-from-bacteria-feces/#sthash.pZC3leHf.dpuf