Aspartame a ‘possible carcinogen’ but safe to consume in moderation, WHO says

Expert panels recommend that people should keep consumption of popular sweetener below 40mg/kg a day

The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared.

The rulings are the outcome of two separate WHO expert panels, one of which flags whether there is any evidence that a substance is a potential hazard, and the other which assesses how much of a real-life risk that substance poses.

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