WHO warns that this ingredient often in Coca cola and sodas could be carcinogenic

The World Health Organization (WHO) now considers aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in particular in sodas, to be “possibly” carcinogenic to humans, but the daily dose considered to be safe remains unchanged, it indicated on Friday.

“We are not advising companies to withdraw their products, nor are we advising consumers to completely stop their consumption,” said Dr Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition, Health and Development at WHO, during the the presentation of two evaluations.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) has for the first time assessed the level of danger of aspartame.

Meeting from June 6 to 13, these experts concluded that the sweetener “was possibly carcinogenic to humans” (group 2B of the classification).

Aspartame is incorporated into low-calorie beverages such as diet sodas, ready meals, chewing gum, gelatin, ice cream and breakfast cereals, as well as medications, such as as cough drops, and other products such as toothpaste.