THE European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA) has completed
a full risk assessment on artificial
sweetener aspartame and concludes
it is safe at current levels.
Available in Europe since the
1980’s, aspartame has repeatedly
come under challenge with stories
around its potential as a carcinogen.
Since 2002, EFSA has kept the
safety of aspartame under regular
review and its Scientific Panels have
issued several opinions on studies
related to this sweetener, including
this most recent exhaustive risk
assessment of the compound which
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