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Question
Aspartame is unstable at cooking temperature, where would you suggest aspartame to be used for sweetening?
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Solution
Since aspartame is unstable and decomposes at cooking temperature, therefore, it is used as a sweetening agent in cold foods and soft drinks.
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Mr. Roy, the principal of one reputed school organized a seminar in which he invited parents and principals to discuss the serious issue of diabetes and depression in students. They all resolved this issue by strictly banning the junk food in schools and to introduce healthy snacks and drinks like soup, lassi, milk etc. in school canteens. They also decided to make compulsory half an hour physical activities for the students in the morning assembly daily. After six months, Mr. Roy conducted the health survey in most of the schools and discovered a tremendous improvement in the health of students.
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