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Table 1 Distribution of daily Phe intakes of aspartame-containing drugs

From: Aspartame and Phenylketonuria: an analysis of the daily phenylalanine intake of aspartame-containing drugs marketed in France

 

Body weight (for children)

Adults

10 kg

20 kg

30 kg

Low daily Phe intake (< 10 mg/d)

94 (63%)

68 (45%)

66 (44%)

176 (52%)

Medium daily Phe intake (10 – 40 mg/d)

47 (31%)

61 (41%)

34 (23%)

71 (21%)

High daily Phe intake (> 40 mg/d)

9 (6%)

21 (14%)

50 (33%)

90 (27%)

Total

150

150

150

337

  1. Results are presented in number of drugs (%). The daily Phe intake of each drug was calculated for a use at conventional posology according to age and weight. We considered that the complete metabolism of 1 g of aspartame results into an equimolar amount of 0.56 g of Phe