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NutraSweet

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USA
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Artificial sweetener producer

World's #1 producer of the artificial sweetener aspartame. Investment firm J.W. Childs (USA) bought NutraSweet from Monsanto in 2000.

Company Ownership

NutraSweet Company, The   USA     website         
  J. W. Childs Associates   
   owns 100% of NutraSweet Company, The  
USA     website   email      

Private equity firm

Investments are generally in mid-market companies in the consumer products, healthcare, specialty retail and asset management sectors. Acquired NutraSweet, the world's largest maker of aspartame, from Monsanto in May 2000.

> About the Ratings

Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
NutraSweet Company, The
Environment Possible GE in US brands
This company has products rated RED in the Centre for Food Safety's True Food Shopper's Guide (USA). Products on the RED list contain ingredients that come from the most common GE crops (corn, soy, canola, cotton). Companies with products on this list have confirmed that their products may have or are likely to be made with GE ingredients, or have not denied using GE foods when given the opportunity to do so.
Source: Center for Food Safety (USA) (2013)
J. W. Childs Associates
Social Aspartame
JW Childs owns Nutrasweet, the world's largest maker of aspartame. 75 per cent of complaints to USA's Food and Drug Administration are related to aspartame. When processed in the body, the components ' phenylalanine, aspartic acid, and methanol ' break down into formic acid and formaldehyde, both of which are toxic in low doses, affect the brain and immune systems, and have been associated with retinal eye damage and birth defects.
Source: Sweet Poison (2011)
Information OpenSecrets.org profile
OpenSecrets.org tracks the influence of money on U.S. politics, and how that money affects policy and citizens' lives. Follow link to see this company's record of political donations, lobbying, outside spending and more.
Source: Open Secrets (2014)

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Company Details

Type Private Company

Contact Details

Address 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL, 60654, USA
Phone 312-873-5000
Fax 312-873-5050
Website www.nutrasweet.com

Products / Brands

NutraSweet
Nutrasweet (aspartame) Sugar & Sweeteners


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