Canderel

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Canderel is a brand of artificial sweetener made mainly from aspartame. Canderel is marketed by The Merisant Company, a global corporation with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, also Switzerland, Mexico, [http://www.canderel.co.uk United Kingdom], and Australia.

Canderel was first marketed in France in 1979. The name "Canderel" is a combination of candi (or sugar cane) and {{lang|fr|airelles}}{{snd}} the French word for bilberries.{{cite web |url=http://www.canderel.uk.com/uk/corporate/historical.asp |title=Canderel - for a Healthy Balanced Lifestyle that Tastes as Good as Sugar. Diet, sweetener, recipes |accessdate=2006-12-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206171018/http://www.canderel.uk.com/uk/corporate/historical.asp |archivedate=2006-12-06 }}

• "Canderel granular" ingredients: maltodextrin, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, flavouring.
• "Canderel tablets" ingredients: lactose, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, leucine, cross-linked CMC, flavouring.

Canderel is said to be interchangeable with sugar in a 1 to 10 mass ratio.{{Cite web |url=http://www.canderel.co.uk/questions-and-answers |title=Questions and Answers | Canderel | Great Taste, Low Calorie Sweetener |access-date=2010-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100720193639/http://www.canderel.co.uk/questions-and-answers |archive-date=2010-07-20 |url-status=dead }}