RE:'caspase' means 'cysteine aspartase'. now, the question is where the 'asparta-' comes from

well isn't asparta one of the amino acids found in equal (the blue stuff artifical sugar?)

the amino acids that are combined to make equal include phenylananine (which is labeled and has a warning) and other amino acids.. (some of them come from milk proteins, and some come from fruits (banana's, as i recall)and Aspartame is a brand name for the new chemical 'soup'-- presumable based on some sort of asparta--(if not 'cysteine aspartase')