NutraSweet
The NutraSweet Company is an American nutrient company that produces and markets NutraSweet Neotame, their trademarked brand name for the high-intensity sweetener neotame.
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| Type | Private (subsidiary of Manus Bio) |
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| Predecessor | G. D. Searle & Company |
| Founded | 1985, as a division of Monsanto |
| Headquarters | Augusta, Georgia, USA |
Key people | Ajikumar Parayil CEO |
| Products | neotame |
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Aspartame was invented by chemists at G. D. Searle & Company in 1965.[1] Searle was bought by Monsanto in 1985.[2] In March 2000, Monsanto, which was then a subsidiary of the Pharmacia corporation, sold NutraSweet to the private equity firm J.W. Childs Associates.[1] In July 2018 Manus Bio Inc. bought the former NutraSweet plant in Augusta, Georgia and reopened the plant to produce the next generation of natural ingredients.[3][4]
References
- The NutraSweet Company. "Company Profile". Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- Greenhouse, Steven (July 19, 1985). "Monsanto To Acquire G. D. Searle". The New York Times.
- Saunders, Jessica (July 6, 2018). "Biotech firm buys former sweetener plant in Richmond County, Ga". Atlanta Business Chronicle.
- Cline, Damon (Nov 15, 2019). "Manus Bio celebrates plant opening". The Augusta Chronicle.
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