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From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer)
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Subject: Re: Why is there SiO2 in Equal (Nutrasweet) packets?
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Date: Sun, 18-Mar-84 15:39:45 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 18 15:39:45 1984
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Lactose (milk sugar) is used as the main carrier for aspartame;
the SiO2 is added, just as it is often added to salt, as an agent
to help it flow freely.  There's much less SiO2 than lactose in
a packet of Equal.

Equal is the brand name for the combination of lactose and NutraSweet
in packet and table form.  NutraSweet is an ingredient in Equal, and it
a trademark for the generic chemical "aspartame."
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/Steve Dyer
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