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Aspartame findings shouldn’t change aspartame consumption: B.C. experts

Artificial sweetener classified as possible carcinogen, SFU says consumption levels must be extreme

A B.C. scientist says a new assessment of a common artificial sweetener should not be making people change their behaviour.

Assessments released July 14 classified aspartame, widely used in food and beverage products, as a possible carcinogen.

But the release did not provide any new information that would require people to change their daily intake, said Professor Scott Lear in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University (SFU).

“It’s

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