Whether or not aspartame is carcinogenic, we know it is not the healthy option that many consumers believe it to be, says Anjana Ahuja for the Financial Times.
On the same day, a separate WHO committee will rule on how much risk the additive - found in thousands of products from chewing gum to yoghurts - poses to human health.
. Any lingering sense of public uncertainty will be welcomed by a food and drinks industry skilled at downplaying the risks of its products.It sounds counter-intuitive but a substance can be both a possible carcinogen and a low risk to health. The IARC is concerned only with establishing the former, which is essentially hazard-spotting.
On the strength of that data, substances are put into one of four categories: Carcinogenic; probably carcinogenic; possibly carcinogenic; or not classifiable. Reuters reported recently that aspartame would be labelled “possibly carcinogenic”. That is where the second WHO-linked committee, on food additives, comes in. Its statements - on acceptable daily intake and dietary exposure - will be the ones to watch out for.
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