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Aspartame, a sweetener found in Diet Coke and other sugar-free products, has been found to be possibly carcinogenic in high doses.. Two groups linked to the World Health Organisation released a ...
Aspartame is sold under the names Equal, Nutrasweet and Sugar Twin. It’s found in many diet sodas, as well as some chewing gums and sugar-free, low-calorie desserts.
Animal studies in the 1980s showed no cancer-causing effects from aspartame, even in high doses, and no damage to DNA. Studies over the years, however, have raised a red flag on a potential link ...
Aspartame is an artificial non- saccharide sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose and is commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages. [ 4] It is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid / phenylalanine dipeptide with brand names NutraSweet, Equal, and Canderel. [ 4]
The artificial sweetener aspartame has been the subject of several controversies since its initial approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1974. The FDA approval of aspartame was highly contested, beginning with suspicions of its involvement in brain cancer, [1] alleging that the quality of the initial research supporting its safety was inadequate and flawed, and that ...
Because aspartame is about 200 times sweeter than sugar, the amount of aspartame needed to sweeten one 12-ounce can of diet soda is very small — only about 192 milligrams, or 0.007 ounces. How ...
Artificial sweetener, aspartame, is set to be named a possible carcinogen next month by a World Health Organization arm - but it's in far more products than we'd initially think. Diet Coke has ...
Neotame, also known by the brand name Newtame, [3] is a non-caloric artificial sweetener and aspartame analog by NutraSweet. [2] By mass, it is 7,000 to 13,000 times sweeter than sucrose. [3] It has no notable off-flavors when compared to sucrose. It enhances original food flavors.