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A common sweetener, aspartame is to be labelled a possible carcinogen next month

World Health Organisation cancer research unit is reportedly set to declare aspartame as a potential carcinogen from next month

A fizzy glass of Diet Coke was the first thing Al Baker thought about every morning for 30 years. After learning about the health risks associated with aspartame, he quit his £1,000-a-year addiction

LONDON: Consumers, food companies, retailers and restaurants need to decide whether to fight back or find alternatives to one of the world’s most common artificial sweeteners, as a leading global health body prepares to declare it a possible carcinogen.

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Arm of World Health Organisation looking into aspartame’s effect on health

Aspartame has been used as a sweetener for decades in fizzy drinks and food but could soon be listed by the World Health Organisation as having "possible" links to cancer

An artificial sweetener that is used in thousands of everyday products - including Diet Coke and chewing gum - may be listed by the World Health Organisation as a 'carcinogen' from next month.

The additive is found thousands of products including ice cream and chewing gum