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Aspartame has been labelled by the World Health Organisation as a 'possible' carcinogen, but consumption advice remains unchanged.

The sweetener aspartame is a "possible carcinogen" but it remains safe to consume at already agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organisation have declared.

Two groups affiliated with the World Health Organization or WHO announced on Friday that aspartame, a widely used sweetener, is a "possible carcinogen." However, they emphasized that it remains safe to consume at the agreed-upon levels.

The imminent move to label aspartame as a possible carcinogen comes after years of advocacy from a leading consumer group in the United States and a handful of cancer scientists hoping to settle a decades-long debate over the sweetener's safety. Reuters reported last month that the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), known as the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), was set to make that declaration on July 14, according to two sources with knowledge o...

LONDON - The imminent move to label aspartame as a possible carcinogen comes after years of advocacy from a leading consumer group in the United States and a handful of cancer scientists hoping to settle a decades-long debate over the sweetener's safety. Reuters reported last month that the cancer research arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO), known as the...

PepsiCo does not intend to change its product portfolio following a report that artificial sweetener aspartame was set to be declared a possible carcinogen, Chief Financial Officer Hugh Jonston said on Thursday.

(Reuters) -PepsiCo does not intend to change its product portfolio following a report that artificial sweetener aspartame was set to be declared a possible carcinogen, Chief Financial Officer Hugh Jonston told Reuters on Thursday. Aspartame, will be listed as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" on July 14 for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer research arm, Reuters reported in June. The ingredient ...

(Corrects story from June 29 to remove reference in paragraph 25 to aspartame being removed from PepsiCo products in 2020. A PepsiCo spokesperson corrected an

The sweetener aspartame is a "possible carcinogen" but it remains safe to consume at already agreed levels, two...

Aspartame is one of the world's most popular sweeteners, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to chewing gum.