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Aspartame

What is Aspartame?

Aspartame is an artificial sweetener which is also sometimes marketed under several other trademarked names such as; Equal, NutraSweet, and Canderel. [1]

Health Disputes

"A dozen toxicology and epidemiology experts and the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest are calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to immediately review the study, which found increases in lymphomas, leukemias, and breast cancers in rats." [2]


History

Unknown

Other Ingredient Information

Products containing Aspartame


The percentage represents the approximate total number of food products from UPC Food Search's data that contain the ingredient, "Aspartame".
The data is calculated from UPC Food Search's product data only, and is not meant to reflect all food products regionally or globally.

Source(s) Derived From

 Chemical (Synthetic) Sources

Natural or Artificial?

 Artificial & Possibly Unsafe

References
  1. Aspartame - Wikipedia
  2. FDA Should Reconsider Aspartame Cancer Risk - CSPI

Aliases (Also Known As)

None found

Revision History

Action User Date/Time
Ingredient addedUPC Food SearchJanuary 1, 2009 @ 2:14 AM

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