Neotame ndi chotsekemera chapamwamba chomwe chimakhala chotsekemera nthawi 7,000-13,000 kuposa sucrose.Njira yotsika mtengo ya shuga yomwe imakwaniritsa chikhumbo chamakasitomala cha kukoma kokoma kosaneneka popanda zopatsa mphamvu.Ndi kukhazikika kwapamwamba, sikunyamula zopatsa mphamvu komanso kutenga nawo gawo kapena kagayidwe kachakudya, komwe kumadyedwa kwa odwala matenda a shuga, onenepa kwambiri ndi phenylketonuria.