Merisant, which makes Equal, an aspartame sweetener, declared bankruptcy in January 2009, having been caught out by changing tastes. This month the firm emerged from bankruptcy ready for a comeback.

生产怡口糖(Equal，一种阿巴斯甜)的公司Merisant于2009年1月因被查出改变产品口味而宣布破产，本月才从破产中解脱出来，正待复产。

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Better known as Nutrasweet or Equal, the sweetener has thus been the subject of much debate and controversy in the science world.

也因此，纽特和怡口两家甜味剂生产公司在学界备受争议。

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The Equal artificial sweetener business has been through similarly sour times.

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Merisant, which makes Equal, an aspartame sweetener, declared bankruptcy in January 2009, having been caught out by changing tastes.

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