Aspartame sweetener to be declared cancer risk: 'We don’t know what a lot of additives do'

People should take WHO advice onboard around sweeteners and potential cancer risks as part of a balanced diet.

Reports say aspartame is to be listed as"possibly carcinogenic to humans" for the first time by the International Agency for Research on Cancer - the World Health Organisation's cancer research arm.Aspartame is found in several products - including Diet Coke, Fanta Zero, Wrigley's Extra chewing gum and some artificial sweeteners used in tea and coffee.the warning follows years of concern about sweeteners and additives.

"In some ways there's nothing new in this; there have been concerns for some time about the various additives that go into food when you reformulate. "If you look at the growth of this sweetener, and you look at the growth in certain cancers, there are parallel lines".Prof O'Shea described such findings as"guilt by association, without absolute cause being identified.""We would advise people in our clinic who drink large volumes of sugar-sweetened drinks to switch to the ones with artificial sweeteners," he said."[Flavoured] water and milk for kids are definitely the two go-to options.

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