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Aspartame and Other Sweeteners in Food

Food and Drug Administration (.gov)
Sweeteners or sugar substitutes, such as aspartame, sucralose, and stevia derived substances, are ingredients used to sweeten and in some cases enhance the...
3 weeks ago

Low-Calorie and Artificial Sweeteners

Harvard University
Low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) are sweeteners that contain few to no calories but have a higher intensity of sweetness per gram than sweeteners with calories.
4 months ago

Sugar Alcohols May Not Be as Safe as You Thought

Cleveland Clinic Health Essentials
Often labeled as 'diabetes-friendly' or 'calorie-free,' these sugar substitutes warrant caution. Piles of sugar alcohol.
3 months ago

The global burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages among people aged 60 years and older: an analysis for the global burden of disease study 2019

Frontiers
The global burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to diet high in sugar-sweetened beverages among people aged 60 years and older
2 months ago

CSPI's Food Additive Safety Ratings

Center for Science in the Public Interest
CSPI's Chemical Cuisine database rates additives—used to preserve foods or affect their taste, texture, or appearance—from 'safe' to 'avoid...
7 months ago

How Sweet It Is: Functional Sweeteners

Natural Products Insider
From altering the mouthfeel and viscosity toenhancing flavor and humectancy, sweeteners offer a range of function for everyconceivable food or beverage product.
1 month ago

Sweeteners

EFSA
Sweeteners or sugar substitutes are food additives used to give a sweet taste to foods and beverages such as soft drinks, desserts, dairy products, sweets,...
110 months ago

WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline

World Health Organization (WHO)
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new guideline on non-sugar sweeteners (NSS), which recommends against the use of NSS to control body weight.
17 months ago

Sugar Sweetened Beverage Intake

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (.gov)
Frequently drinking sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with weight gain, obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, kidney diseases, non-alcoholic liver...
96 months ago

Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries

Nature
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are associated with cardiometabolic diseases and social inequities. For most nations, recent estimates and...
12 months ago