Here's the inforation that i gleaned from doing some a little resaerch on te subject of aspratame. Aspratame contains 10% methanoI in it 's formula. Unlike ethanol, methanol is a poisonous alcohol that is metabolized as formaldehyde.
The bann on aspartame is in children's food products. http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1671821,00.html