Sucralose, for example, adds no calories (a non-nutritive sweetener) while aspartame contains more than 2% of the calories seen in an equal amount of table sugar (it's the only nutritive sweetener).
The researchers tried out all six sweeteners that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has deemed safe, including aspartame (Equal, NutraSweet), sucralose (Splenda), saccharine (Sweet'n Low ...
High levels of sweeteners - including aspartame - were linked to a higher risk of cancer, but there are many differences in the health and lifestyles between the two groups. Frances Hunt-Wood ...
Read: EU food safety agency says aspartame poses no risk for consumers Light products with artificial sweeteners are often recommended for people with diabetes. The research, which involved ...
Aspartame doesn’t have a strong aftertaste. However, it is broken down at very high temperatures and starts to lose its sweetness, so it is not ideal in dishes that require high-temperature ...
Frances Hunt-Wood, secretary general of the International Sweeteners Association, said the work had "once again reaffirmed aspartame's safety". She added: "Aspartame, like all low/no calorie ...