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| Jul 17, 2023 | Coca-Cola, PepsiCo sales likely to withstand WHO aspartame cancer ruling | The World Health Organization’s announcement last week that aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic” is unlikely to meaningfully impact sales at Coca-Cola and PepsiCo or cause the beverage companies to suddenly abandon the hotly debated ingredi... |
| Jul 14, 2023 | Aspartame may cause cancer, but is safe within specific limits - WHO says | Dive Brief: A cancer research arm at the World Health Organization declared for the first time that sweetener aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic” after reviewing “limited evidence,” but a different agency within WHO added that it’s safe to... |
| Jun 29, 2023 | WHO questions safety of aspartame. Here's a list of popular foods, beverages with the sweetener. | As more Americans shy away from sugar, artificial sweeteners have stepped in to fill the gap in people's favorite recipes, with more than 6,000 products manufactured with aspartame. But questions are being raised about aspartame's safety af... |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Are zero calorie sweeteners fueling, rather than fighting, the obesity epidemic? | Plaintiffs in some high-profile lawsuits vs diet soda giants Coca Cola, PepsiCo and Dr Pepper cited a 2014 study by Suez et al indicating that artificial sweeteners may induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota, and a... |
| Oct 19, 2017 | Are diet sodas helping or hindering weight management efforts? Soft drinks giants blast ‘meritless’ lawsuits | In the putative class action complaints* - filed in New York on October 16 vs Dr Pepper Snapple Group, The Coca Cola Company, and PepsiCo – the plaintiffs argue that consumers might reasonably believe that zero-calorie sodas labeled as ‘die... |
| Nov 23, 2016 | Why the Holidays Are Hell for People with Binge Eating Disorders | Every year, millions upon millions of American loosen their belts and get ready to throw down in an orgy of face-stuffing during the holiday marathon that lasts from Thanksgiving into the New Year. Our usual fixation on healthy eating and c... |
| Oct 10, 2004 | 'Smart carb' bar brought to market | Solo's new food bars are low glycemic and according to the manufacturers - a subsidiary of the functional food developer New Era Nutrition - offer "a healthy alternative to the current net carb approach". "Until now it has ... |
| Oct 4, 2004 | Investing in GI | The glycaemic index, a method established to rank foods based on the rate of carbohydrate absorption they trigger, is seeing increasing interest from researchers and the food industry as a way of reducing risk for obesity and obesity-relate... |
| FDA says soda sweetener aspartame is safe, disagreeing with WHO finding on possible cancer link | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration disagrees with the World Health Organization’s classification of the soda sweetener aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans. The FDA said the studies WHO experts relied on to make this conclusion h... |
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Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Calorie Control Council, among them “Coca-Cola, PepsiCo sales likely to withstand WHO aspartame cancer ruling” (Jul 17, 2023) and “Aspartame may cause cancer, but is safe within specific limits - WHO says” (Jul 14, 2023).
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