| Section2= | Section3= }} Neotame's an artificial sweetener made by NutraSweet that's between 7,000 and 13,000 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar). In the European Union it's known by the E number E961. Neotame's moderately heat stable and extremely potent. Neotame's rapidly metabolized, completely eliminated, and doesn't accumulate in the body. The major metabolic pathway's hydrolysis of the methyl ester by esterases that're present throughout the body, which yields de-esterified neotam… (
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