The artificial sweetener aspartame can be found in everything from chewing gum to fizzy drinks and tabletop sweeteners.

In the first long-term and real-world reflective study of its kind, scientists have uncovered new detrimental health impacts of the artificial sweetener aspartame that echoes those found in shorter ...

The WHO has declared aspartame, a food additive used frequently in diet soda and other low-calorie beverages, "possibly" carcinogenic to humans, but did not make any changes to its recommendations for ...

A study by CIC biomaGUNE and Biogipuzkoa HRI conducted on mice has found that the prolonged intake of sweeteners may exert harmful effects on the function of various organs. Artificial sweeteners are ...

Paris-based tech company Yuka, which operates a mobile app that enables users to scan food and cosmetic products and evaluate their health impacts, is bringing its campaign to ban aspartame to the ...

Aspartame (E951) is used in over 6,000 food and beverage products (CCC), including Diet Coke, Fanta Zero and Wrigley’s sugar-free chewing gum. But mounting concerns over the potential health ...

Sometimes, what happens is exactly the opposite of what you do because you don’t happen. Take the case of the sweetening. We choose to take foods that contain them by avoiding sugar instead to limit ...

Aspartame has long been marketed as a guilt-free alternative to sugar in popular food products, ranging from zero-calorie Diet Coke to sugar-free Jell-O. It's also had a pretty bad rap, and the ...