Claim: The sweetener Acesulfame K contains the carcinogen methylene chloride.
Fact-check: Methylene chloride is not an ingredient in the sweetener Acesulfame K - Full Fact
Verdict: methylene chloride is a potential impurity in acesulfame k—not an ingredient of it. in tests by the fda, no methylene chloride was found in samples of acesulfame k.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2023-12-12T00:00:00