What is the blue sugar packet at Olive Garden?
                                
                                
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                                The color-coded packets found on most restaurant tables are a universal key to their contents, with the blue packet signaling a specific type of sugar substitute. At establishments like Olive Garden, the blue packet is not sugar at all, but a zero-calorie artificial sweetener known as Equal, which contains aspartame.