The NutraSweet Company is an American nutrient company that produces and marketsNutraSweet Neotame, theirtrademarked brand name for the high-intensity sweetenerneotame.
| Company type | Private (subsidiary ofManus Bio) |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | G. D. Searle & Company |
| Founded | 1985, as a division ofMonsanto |
| Headquarters | Augusta, Georgia, United States |
Key people | Ajikumar Parayil CEO |
| Products | neotame |
| Website | http://www.neotame.com |
In 2021, NutraSweet was placed 43rd by FoodTalks' list of Top 50 Global Sweetener Companies.[1]
Aspartame was invented by chemists atG. D. Searle & Company in 1965.[2] Searle was bought byMonsanto in 1985.[3] In March 2000, Monsanto, which was then a subsidiary of thePharmacia corporation, sold NutraSweet to theprivate equity firmJ.W. Childs Associates.[2] In July 2018, Manus Bio Inc. bought the former NutraSweet plant inAugusta, Georgia and reopened the plant to produce the next generation of natural ingredients.[4][5]
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- ^Saunders, Jessica (July 6, 2018)."Biotech firm buys former sweetener plant in Richmond County, Ga".Atlanta Business Chronicle.Archived from the original on March 5, 2024. RetrievedDecember 28, 2018.
- ^Cline, Damon (Nov 15, 2019)."Manus Bio celebrates plant opening".The Augusta Chronicle.Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2020.