Sweetening with L-aminodicarboxylic acid alkenes

A composition comprising an edible composition and a sweetening effective amount of a trans-alkene compound represented by the formula;

• ##STR26## and food acceptable salts thereof wherein:
• A is hydroxyalkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms
• A' is hydrogen or alkyl containing 1-3 carbon atoms
• Y is --(CHR.sub.2).sub.n --R.sub.1 or --CHR.sub.3 R.sub.4 ;
• R.sub.1 is cycloalkyl, alkyl-substituted cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkyl-substituted cycloalkenyl, bicycloalkyl, alkyl-substituted bicycloalkyl, bicycloalkenyl or alkyl-substituted bicycloaklenyl each containing up to 7 ring carbon atoms and up to a total of 12 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.2 is H or alkyl containing 1-4 carbon atoms;
• R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are each cycloalkyl containing 3-4 ring carbon atoms;
• n is 0 or 1;
• and
• m is 0 or 1;