Perspective: IARC relishes stirring the pot with thin science
The IARC’s aspartame classification feels like a game the agency is playing to sow confusion, exploit cancer patients, and hit companies with deep pockets.
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IARC classification sparks unnecessary alarm over aspartame
Food Science Babehttps://www.facebook.com/foodsciencebabe/ ·
July 19, 2023
Artificial sweetener aspartame has been classified a Group 2B carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Here’s the full story on its safety.
Perspective: Artificial sweeteners get more than their fair share of grief
Jack DeWitt ·
October 19, 2021
Activists love to use misconceptions about two artificial sweeteners, saccharin and aspartame, to beat Monsanto over the head, unfairly in my opinion. They love to disparage these sweeteners and declare that “Monsanto is the company that gave us saccharin, aspartame, and PCBs.” That’s only partly correct. Saccharin (Sweet & Low, Necta Sweet) is the oldest […]
5 very misunderstood ingredients in our food system
Food Science Babehttps://www.facebook.com/foodsciencebabe/ ·
July 22, 2021
These are 5 of the most misunderstood and often-maligned ingredients in our food system, and why they should not be demonized.