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Aspartame Hazard and Risk Assessments
Posted: 08/02/2023 | By: Kayla Chu

Recently, several international agencies released their assessments of the potential health hazards and risks tied to the use of the nonsugar sweetener aspartame, which has been widely used in various food and beverage products since the 1980s, including diet drinks, chewing gum, gelatin, ice cream, dairy products such as yogurt, breakfast cereal, toothpaste, and medications such as cough drops and chewable vitamins.

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Based on the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Food Additives’ (JEFCA) hazard evaluation on aspartame, what acceptable daily intake was affirmed as safe?

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