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The WHO said Friday it was now classifying aspartame, an artificial sweetener commonly used in soft drinks, as "possibly carcinogenic to humans" -- though the acceptable daily intake level remains unchanged."The working group classified aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans," the WHO said.
Aspartame is one of the world's most popular sweeteners, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum.
Results of an international assessment of aspartame cited "limited evidence" for carcinogenicity in humans but more research is needed; and no changes to the daily intake assessment.
The World Health Organisation says aspartame is safe if 40mg per kilogram of a person’s bodyweight is consumed daily.
Despite a World Health Organization report that says artificial sweetener aspartame is maybe, possibly, carcinogenic.