“The IARC will reportedly classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen. But this isn’t a food safety agency, and the context matters.”

  • 📛Maven@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    It is. They’ve done research and found that basically all artificial sweeteners have a genetic component. For me personally, stevia tastes like soapy bitter lawn clippings, while aspartame and sucralose taste basically normal. A few of my old standby drink mixes swapped to stevia a couple years ago, and I instantly noticed and couldn’t finish them.

    • Kale@lemmy.zip
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      1 year ago

      Ace-K is my favorite tasting low calorie sweetener. Diet coke from a fountain dispenser is Ace-K and aspartame mix, while bottled is only aspartame.