Aspartame, monk fruit, stevia, and more can be found in our favorite staples. But are they actually safe to eat?

A World Health Organization agency has classified aspartame, an artificial sweetener widely used in diet drinks and low-calorie foods, as possibly carcinogenic to humans. Getty Images How much ...

What products contain aspartame? The low-calorie sugar substitute ... It is also used to enhance flavouring of baked and canned foods, powdered drink mixes, candy and puddings.

The president of the Center for Science in the Public Interest has pinpointed three more additives they’d like to see banned ...

You will find it on the ingredients list of many diet or sugar-free foods including diet drinks, chewing gums and some yoghurts. High profile drinks containing aspartame include Diet Coke ...

Aspartame contains 4 calories per gram ... It is marketed as a table-top sweetener and in tablet form. It is used by food manufacturers in many products, including soft drinks and desserts.

Roughly one-fifth of American adults consume diet sodas on a given day. The market is huge — more than $5 billion globally — ...

“Both contain aspartame, caffeine ... humans,” calling for further research on potential health risks. But the Food and Drug ...

In a 1981 report, JECFA said that an adult weighing 60kg (132 pounds) would have to drink between 12 and 36 cans of diet soda – depending on the amount of aspartame in the beverage – every day ...

As for the research Naik cites about "excitotoxins": It's not about drinks containing aspartame. Instead, the study is about food that contains the neurotransmitter glutamate or substances similar ...