The sweetener is found in a variety of foods, from diet drinks to chewing gum and some yoghurts.
Children are at most risk of exceeding the safe limits on aspartame, found in diet drinksAdvice on how much aspartame we can eat or drink is unchanged, despite the sweetener being classified as "possibly" causing cancer.
Aspartame is found in diet and sugar-free versions of foods, as the chemical gives a taste 200 times sweeter than sugar for little calories. He said the reviews had "raised the flag" that aspartame may not be great for your health, but said you "shouldn't have a concern" about an occasional diet drink or other product containing the sweetener, adding "the problem is for high consumers".
The cancer classifications frequently lead to misleading headlines. Alcohol and plutonium are in the same category , but one is seriously more dangerous than the other.
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