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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 ...
Health groups ‘advising a bit of moderation’ on aspartame consumption
These diet drinks do contain aspartame: Diet Coke. Red Bull Sugar Free. Coke Zero. Pepsi Max. Fanta Zero. Dr Pepper Zero. IRN-BRU Xtra Sugar Free. 7Up Zero Sugar. Show comments. Advertisement.
Aspartame is a critical ingredient in diet sodas like Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi, and other diet drinks like Crystal Light. Aspartame is also found in sugar-free chewing gums and food products, like ...
A 12-US-fluid-ounce (350 ml; 12 imp fl oz) can of diet soda contains 0.18 grams (0.0063 oz) of aspartame, and, for a 75-kilogram (165 lb) adult, it takes approximately 21 cans of diet soda daily to consume the 3.7 grams (0.13 oz) of aspartame that would surpass the FDA's 50 mg/kg of body weight ADI of aspartame from diet soda alone.
The researchers fed both male and female mice food containing 0.15% aspartame daily — the equivalent of a person drinking three cans (or about 1 litre) of diet soda a day — for 12 weeks.
In July 2023, after reviewing research on humans and animals, the World Health Organization (WHO) added aspartame, a common ingredient in diet soda, to a list of ingredients that are “possibly ...
Pepsi Zero Sugar (sold under the names Diet Pepsi Max until 2009 and Pepsi Max until August 2016), is a zero-calorie, sugar-free, formerly ginseng-infused cola [1] sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame K, marketed by PepsiCo. It originally contained nearly twice the caffeine of Pepsi's other cola beverages. [2]