The World Health Organization's cancer agency has deemed the sweetener a "possible" cause of cancer, while a separate expert group looking at the same evidence said it still considers the sugar substitute safe in limited quantities. One came from the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a special branch of the WHO, Mirror UK reports. It comes as the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has stressed that the aspartame sweetener is safe for human consumption, despite scientists formally investigating a possible link to cancer. Aspartame (E 951) is an intense, low-calorie, artificial sweetener authorised as a food additive (sweetener) in the EU and across the world.. Previous Irish exposure assessments show that the exposure to aspartame by Irish adults and pre-school children are well below the ADI of 40 mg/kg bw/day.

Source: The Star July 14, 2023 21:52 UTC