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In the 1990s, several fruit-flavored varieties of Diet Rite were introduced. In 2000, the line was reformulated yet again, this time to replace aspartame with Splenda brand sucralose and Sunett brand acesulfame potassium. It became the first major diet soda in the United States to use neither aspartame nor saccharin as a sweetener.
Soda Swap. Before the World Health Organization’s announcement that the artificial sweetener aspartame could cause cancer, diet soda was considered the lesser of two evils. And although some ...
For a while, Diet Sunkist Orange used Splenda (sucralose) in the USA but has recently switched back to aspartame. The last box I bought had the Splenda logo on the box but not the cans- which listed aspartame in the ingredients.
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.
A common sweetener, aspartame is to be labelled a possible carcinogen next month
Diet sodas were quickly reformulated with saccharin alone (in the hopes that consumers would tolerate the metallic aftertaste), but the market share of diet sodas rapidly fell from 20% to 3% overall. [2] [7] After further studies in the 1980s linked saccharin to cancer as well, most manufacturers switched to aspartame in 1983. [2] [8]
Sunkist was first licensed by Sunkist Growers to the General Cinema Corporation, the leading independent bottler of Pepsi-Cola products at the time. The soft drink was the idea of Mark Stevens, who foresaw the potential based on market research which indicated that, worldwide, orange was the third-best-selling soft drink flavor (largely due to Fanta).
A common sweetener, aspartame is to be labelled a possible carcinogen next month. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...