Assertion: aspartame | /r/HasProperty | approved for use
Facets:
value: in food
type: LOCATION
value: in food products
type: LOCATION
value: in 1981
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1974
type: TEMPORAL
value: by fda commissioner alexander schmidt
type: OTHER
value: originally
type: MANNER
value: as an ingredient of carbonated beverages
type: MANNER
value: in 1983
type: TEMPORAL
value: in 1984
type: TEMPORAL
value: in soft drinks
type: LOCATION
value: the year
type: TEMPORAL
value: by the u.s.
type: OTHER
value: in chewing gum
type: OTHER
value: as a flavor enhancer
type: PURPOSE
value: in over 93 foreign countries
type: LOCATION
value: in beverage
type: OTHER
value: by the food and drug administration
type: OTHER
value: in the early eighties
type: TEMPORAL
value: in diet sodas
type: LOCATION
value: as a nutritive sweetener
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Aspartame is approved for use in food as a nutritive sweetener.
text: Aspartame was first made in 1965 and approved for use in food products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1981.
text: Aspartame was approved for use in food back in 1981 by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and it has been a controversial food additive since that time (1, 2).
text: Aspartame was originally approved for use in dry foods in 1974 by then FDA Commissioner Alexander Schmidt after review by the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
text: Since then, aspartame has been approved for use in any food or beverage.
text: In addition to its use in the United States, aspartame has also been approved for use in over 93 foreign countries.
text: In chewing gum, aspartame was also approved for use as a flavor enhancer in addition to use as a sweetener.
text: In the early eighties, after aspartame had been approved for use in food and pending its approval for soft drink use, the National Soft Drink Association (NSDA), which at the time represented the nation's major soft drink makers, raised health and quality control concerns about the sweetener.  
text: Aspartame's initial introduction to the market in the United States came in 1981; in 1984, the year after aspartame was approved for use in soft drinks, Searle sold $600 million worth of aspartame, on which it held the exclusive United States Patent.  
text: 16 years later, aspartame received limited sanction, and in 1983 was approved for use in diet sodas.
text: In 1981, it was first approved as a tabletop sweetener and additive to dry foods and two years after it was approved for use as an ingredient of carbonated beverages.
text: Aspartame was first made in 1965 and approved for use in food products by the U.S.
text: For one, back in 1996 when aspartame was first approved for use in thousands of food products, the FDA used 15 “pivotal” studies as the basis for its decision.
text: Aspartame was originally approved for use in dry foods in 1974 by then FDA Commissioner Alexander Schmidt after review by the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
text: By October of 1981, aspartame had been approved for use as a tabletop sweetener in tablets, cold breakfast cereals, dry bases for beverages, instant coffee and tea, gelatins, puddings, fillings, dairy-product-analog toppings, and flavor enhancer for chewing gum.