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The following popular drinks do not contain aspartame: Tango Sugar Free - Orange, Dark Berry, Paradise Punch, Apple: Tango opts for alternative sweeteners in its sugar free drinks, using Sucralose ...
A common sweetener, aspartame is to be labelled a possible carcinogen next month
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Stevia (/ ˈ s t iː v i ə, ˈ s t ɛ v i ə /) [1] [2] is a sweet sugar substitute that is about 50 to 300 times sweeter than sugar. [3] It is extracted from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana, a plant native to areas of Paraguay and Brazil.
Steviol glycosides do not induce a glycemic response when ingested, because humans cannot metabolize stevia. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The acceptable daily intake (ADI) for steviol glycosides, expressed as steviol equivalents, has been established to be 4 mg/kg body weight/day, and is based on no observed effects of a 100 fold higher dose in a rat study.
Rebaudioside A (sometimes shortened to "Reb A") is a steviol glycoside from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana that is 240 times sweeter than sugar. [2] Rebaudioside A is the sweetest and most stable steviol glycoside, and is less bitter than stevioside. [3] Stevia leaves contain 9.1% stevioside and 3.8% rebaudioside A. [3]
There’s Zevia, a zero-sugar soda sweetened with stevia. Or, for particularly health-conscious folks, there’s Olipop and Poppi , two low-sugar prebiotic sodas.
Alitame is about 2000 times sweeter than sucrose (table sugar), [2] about 10 times sweeter than aspartame, and has no aftertaste. Its half-life under hot or acidic conditions is about twice as long as aspartame's, although some other artificial sweeteners, including saccharin and acesulfame potassium , are more stable yet.