The Caledonian Mercury - Scottish news, stories and intelligent analysis Sweet somethings: the questions over aspartame
Consumers are a sucker for food and drinks that sate a sweet tooth, but don’t deliver on the calories. Promoted as, and accepted as a healthy lifestyle choice, we keep billion dollar food industries buoyant by selecting products touted as “zero”, “diet”, “low sugar”, “light” and “sugar free” over the high sugar alternatives. Discovered serendipitously