Assertion: aspartame | /r/HasProperty | safe
Facets:
value: for human consumption
type: PURPOSE
value: in amounts
type: OTHER
value: for the general population
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for use in soft drinks
type: PURPOSE
value: acceptably
type: DEGREE
value: by the fda
type: OTHER
value: for use as a food additive
type: PURPOSE
value: "very safe"
type: DEGREE
value: at levels
type: OTHER
value: according to aspartame
type: OTHER
value: despite claims by the sweetener industry
type: OTHER
value: by more than ninety countries
type: OTHER
value: completely
type: DEGREE
value: generally
type: DEGREE
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: by all major scientific
type: OTHER
value: in 1980
type: TEMPORAL
value: for everyone
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by the world health organisation
type: OTHER
value: for use
type: PURPOSE
value: by regulatory
type: OTHER
value: in 1985
type: TEMPORAL
value: as a food
type: OTHER
value: the controversy that had attached
type: OTHER
value: for people
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: during pregnancy
type: TEMPORAL
value: for consumption at typical levels
type: PURPOSE
value: for people with epilepsy
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: at the levels
type: LOCATION
value: by making misleading claims
type: MANNER
value: worldwide
type: LOCATION
value: based on government research reviews
type: OTHER
value: as a non-nutritive sweetener
type: MANNER
value: for diabetics
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by scientific experts
type: OTHER
value: by researchers
type: OTHER
value: in carbs
type: OTHER
value: for kids
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for adults
type: OTHER
value: for use by children
type: PURPOSE
value: for children
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: by h.j. roberts
type: OTHER
value: for use in foods
type: PURPOSE
value: for people with diabetes
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: repeatedly
type: TEMPORAL
value: by children
type: OTHER
value: by nursing women
type: OTHER
value: by independent regulatory authorities
type: OTHER
value: for many
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Is Aspartame Safe?
text: It has been deemed safe by independent regulatory authorities in more than 100 countries including the European Food Safety Authority, Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
text: Aspartame is considered safe by the FDA, and there is no conclusive evidence supporting the perpetrated dangers of the substance.
text: Aspartame is considered to be safe to use during pregnancy, by nursing women and by children.
text: Although aspartame has repeatedly been declared safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it has been linked by online users to cancer, memory loss and obesity.
text: Since it is regulated by licensed bodies, it is only true to say that it is a safe substance to be used as a food sweetener.
text: Yes, aspartame is safe to consume.
text: Is Aspartame a Safe Sweetener?
text: In addition, aspartame is one of many safe options that can be included in broader weight reduction or weight maintenance plans.
text: Diabetic individuals The American Diabetes Association states that aspartame is a safe and useful sweetener for people with diabetes.
text: The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) also supports the fact that aspartame is a safe low-calorie sweetener.
text: According to Aspartame (NutraSweet): Is it Safe by H.J. Roberts, aspartame side effects can range from headaches, nausea, mood swings, changes in vision, diarrhea, confusion to memory loss, alzheimer’s and sleeping disorder.
text: Is Aspartame Safe
text: Aspartame (NutraSweet): Is It Safe?
text: Aspartame is Safe
text: Is Aspartame Safe?
text: Aspartame (NutraSweet®): Is It Safe?
text: Although there may be a loss of sweetness, aspartame containing food that has been heated for a long period of time is still safe for consumption.
text: Australia New Zealand and Health Canada have also found aspartame to be safe.
text: Is aspartame safe for children?
text: FDA has reported that aspartame is safe as a general purpose sweetener in food and is not carcinogenic.
text: More than ninety countries world-wide, including the United StatesFootnote 1, countries of the European UnionFootnote 2, and Australia and New ZealandFootnote 3, have also reviewed aspartame and found it to be safe for human consumption and allow its use in various foods.
text: The FDA and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) dispute the validity of these findings, but some people remain unconvinced that aspartame is completely safe.
text: Children Studies have documented that aspartame is safe for use by children.
text: In fact, aspartame has been tested for more than three decades, in more than 200 studies, with the same result: aspartame is safe.
text: Independent health organizations, such as the American Medical Association’s Council on Scientific Affairs, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Dietetic Association, have reviewed research on aspartame and found it to be safe.
text: More than 100 toxicological and clinical studies reviewed by the agency confirm that aspartame is safe for the general population.
text: The weight of existing evidence is that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a nonnutritive sweetener.
text: Aspartame is a highly studied food additive with decades of research showing that it is safe for human consumption.
text: The FDA has certified that aspartame is safe.
text: It reaffirmed in 2007 that aspartame is safe for kids and adults.
text: As of 2011, all evidence indicates that aspartame is safe for consumption in normal amounts.
text: Given the shortcomings of EFSA’s risk assessment of aspartame, and the shortcomings of all previous official toxicological risk assessments of aspartame, it would be premature to conclude that it is acceptably safe,” the study concluded.
text: Is Aspartame safe?
text: Aspartame has been studied extensively and has been found to be safe by scientific experts and researchers.
text: Government agencies worldwide, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. FDA), the World Health Organization, and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have reviewed the science and found aspartame to be safe for human consumption.
text: Food authorities like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, World Health Organization, and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency consider aspartame to be safe.
text: Many people—including the FDA—believe that aspartame is safe.
text: At this point, the totality of the evidence from large review studies suggests that aspartame is safe at human consumption levels, and there is no strong evidence to suggest otherwise.
text: The weight of existing scientific evidence indicates that aspartame is safe as a non-nutritive sweetener.
text: Based on government research reviews and recommendations from advisory bodies such as those listed above, aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by more than ninety countries worldwide.
text: These agencies and organizations from over 100 countries agree that aspartame is safe for all populations, including pregnant women and children.
text: Despite claims by the sweetener industry that aspartame is "safe" because it is FDA approved, the information in this fact sheet clears up any disinformation and sets the record straight.
text: A panel of experts set up by the European Food Safety Authority concluded in 2013 that aspartame is safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure.
text: Although current scientific evidence suggests that aspartame is safe, many consumers are still concerned about side effects and the risk of cancer.
text: Since 1981, almost every governmental regulatory body, along with many other scientific and medical journals, have deemed aspartame to be safe.
text: But after reviewing the study, FDA identified many shortcomings in it and did not alter its previous conclusion that aspartame is safe.
text: This month, the European Food Safety Authority concluded that aspartame is safe at levels contained in diet soda.
text: Advocates for Aspartame sing its praises and proclaim it to be completely safe.
text: The FDA agrees, and its stance is that “Aspartame is safe as a general purpose sweetener in food.
text: The current weight of the evidence from that report is that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a non-nutritive sweetener, unless you suffer from PKU.
text: While aspartame in low doses is safe for many and it is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, it does come with potential side effects.
text: People usually think that aspartame is another sugar alternative approved by FDA, and that it is safe, because if it is not so, it will not be on the market.
text: Is aspartame safe?
text: A thorough review of the research by The European Food Safety Authority released in 2013 concluded that aspartame is safe for the general population including infants, children and pregnant women.
text: Scientists from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have also reviewed the scientific data regarding the safety of aspartame in food and concluded that it is safe for the general population.
text: There is a large amount of supposedly scientific evidence that supports the claim that aspartame (Nutrasweet) is safe -- and a casual web search will likely lead you first to these websites before you go on to what industry labels as "scare" sites.
text: They are propaganda sites trying to convince you that aspartame is safe by making misleading claims and misrepresenting the scientific research.
text: This study proves that the caveat that the fact of traces of methanol in fruit juice supposedly indicates that aspartame is safe is a lie, and that NutraSweet has known this all along.
text: A thorough review of the research by The European Food Safety Authority released in 2013 concluded that aspartame is safe for the general population including infants, children and pregnant women.
text: Scientists from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have also reviewed the scientific data regarding the safety of aspartame in food and concluded that it is safe for the general population.
text: This is another one of those cases where you can find a study to “prove” either side: Aspartame is safe.
text: In 2006, the European Food Safety Authority reported that the previously established ADI was appropriate, after reviewing yet another set of studies, while a medical review by the U.S Food and Drug Administration in 2007 concluded that “the weight of existing scientific evidence indicates that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a non-nutritive sweetener”.
text: The weight of existing evidence is that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a nonnutritive sweetener.
text: The bottom line is that the world has looked and relooked at all the data regarding aspartame, with complete transparency, and have come to the clear consensus conclusion that aspartame is safe at the levels used by consumers.
text: As an organization devoted to people with seizure-related problems, we [at] the Epilepsy Institute have evaluated the current scientific evidence and found aspartame to be safe for people with epilepsy. . . .
text: After reviewing scientific studies, the HHS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined in 1981 that aspartame was safe for use in foods.
text: She says in her report that in order to be certain that aspartame is safe, further clinical tests are needed.
text: The board states it "has not been presented with proof of reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive.
text: The association says that Searle has not provided responsible certainty that aspartame and its' degradation products are safe for use in soft drinks.
text: Aspartame has been tested for over three decades in more than 200 studies, with the same result: aspartame is safe,” said Haley Curtis Stevens, Ph.D., President of the Calorie Control Council, an association of manufacturers of low-calorie, sugar-free, reduced fat and “light” foods and beverages companies.
text: The authors seem to lose sight of the important question of whether aspartame is indeed safe for human consumption.
text: In 1987, the FDA issued a final rule declaring that aspartame, when used at a level no higher than reasonably required to perform its intended technical function, is safe for use as an inactive ingredient in human drug products.
text: It then was the subject of poorly handled research that was supposed to determine whether or not aspartame was safe for human consumption.
text: Even though the studies demonstrated that aspartame was safe, these conclusions were questioned because of the sloppy research methods employed.
text: Once the FDA had finally reviewed all the data of the task force as well as some additional studies and concluded that aspartame was indeed safe for human consumption, the controversy that had attached to aspartame spread to the FDA as well.
text: She says in her report that in order to be certain that aspartame is safe, further clinical tests are needed.
text: To many, aspartame is just another FDA-approved sugar alternative that has to be safe, otherwise it wouldn’t be on the market.
text: While aspartame is safe and low in carbs, it may increase your appetite, according to a 2003 study published in Physiology and Behavior, which may be another reason why you might want to avoid it on your low-carb diet.
text: Despite claims by the sweetener industry that aspartame is "safe" because it is FDA approved, the information in this fact sheet clears up any disinformation and sets the record straight.
text: The overwhelming body of scientific evidence demonstrates that aspartame is safe for use by the general population not suffering from PKU, including healthy adults, children and adolescents; pregnant and lactating women; and people with diabetes or obesity.
text: The overwhelming body of scientific evidence demonstrates that aspartame is safe for use by the general population not suffering from PKU, including healthy adults, children and adolescents; pregnant and lactating women; and people with diabetes or obesity.
text: The bittersweet argument over whether Aspartame is safe or not has been going on for a long time.
text: She says in her report that in order to be certain that aspartame is safe, further clinical tests are needed.
text: The board states it “has not been presented with proof of reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive.
text: The association says that Searle has not provided responsible certainty that aspartame and its’ degradation products are safe for use in soft drinks.
text: She says in her report that in order to be certain that aspartame is safe, further clinical tests are needed.
text: The board states it "has not been presented with proof of reasonable certainty that aspartame is safe for use as a food additive.
text: The association says that Searle has not provided responsible certainty that aspartame and its' degradation products are safe for use in soft drinks.
text: Is aspartame safe?
text: Aspartame is safe.
text: The bittersweet argument over whether Aspartame is safe or not has been going on for a long time.
text: How much aspartame is it safe to consume?
text: So if aspartame is safe, why has EFSA carried out a full re-evaluation?
text: All have concluded that the scientific evidence is sufficient to confirm that aspartame is safe for human consumption.
text: These agencies and organizations from over 100 countries agree that aspartame is safe for all populations, including pregnant women and children.
text: Yet the FDA and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) continue to express the unequivocal opinion that aspartame is "completely safe" for diabetics.
text: The FDA has certified that aspartame is safe.
text: The allegations made by Ramazzini are at complete odds with the wealth of scientific literature demonstrating that aspartame is safe and does not cause cancer.
text: A comprehensive review of more than 500 studies and recently published in Critical Reviews in Toxicology also found that aspartame is safe and not associated with cancer.
text: The review was conducted by a panel of eight leading experts in the areas of toxicology, epidemiology, metabolism, pathology, biostatistics etc., and conclusively determined that aspartame is safe.
text: In addition to the FDA, the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization, the Scientific Committee on Food of the European Union and regulatory agencies in more than 100 countries have reviewed aspartame and found it to be safe for use.
text: In EFSA’s first ever full risk assessment of the food additive aspartame, the Authority’s experts concluded that aspartame and its breakdown products are safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure.
text: A thorough review of the research by The European Food Safety Authority released in 2013 concluded that aspartame is safe for the general population including infants, children and pregnant women.
text: Scientists from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) have also reviewed the scientific data regarding the safety of aspartame in food and concluded that it is safe for the general population.
text: DamnDirtyApe has some POV issues with the following paragraph: A large body of scientific evidence suggests that aspartame, even in amounts many times greater than typical consumption, is safe and not associated with adverse health effects.
text: "A large body of scientific evidence suggests that aspartame, even in amounts many times greater than typical consumption, is safe and not associated with adverse health effects.
text: As far as the FDA goes, I agree that the official opinion of this government agency is that aspartame is safe and a citation link is appropriate.
text: A large body of scientific evidence suggests that aspartame, even in amounts many times greater than typical consumption, is safe and not associated with adverse health effects.
text: A large body of scientific evidence suggests that aspartame, even in amounts many times greater than typical consumption, is safe and not associated with adverse health effects.
text: The FDA says the more than 100 toxicological and clinical studies it has reviewed confirm that aspartame is safe for the general population.  
text: Aspartame has been found to be safe for human consumption by the regulatory agencies of more than ninety countries worldwide, with FDA officials describing aspartame as “one of the most thoroughly tested and studied food additives the agency has ever approved” and its safety as “clear cut.
text: Science has adequately demonstrated that aspartame is safe for everyone else.
text: Aspartame was found to be safe for human consumption by more than ninety countries, however the regulatory agencies have accepted the company-sponsored research without ever having done independent confirmatory studies.
text: In 2007, a review study was published by a panel of experts, declaring aspartame to be "very safe".
text: Critics ask whether the review has any credibility given that the authors have done paid work for Monsanto, several authors have official positions in trade and research associations funded by Monsanto, Ajinomoto, Coca Cola, and PepsiCo, several authors work for corporate advocacy groups, one of which called aspartame toxicity a 'nonissue' before the review was undertaken, and one author who consults for companies that sell aspartame and in the past has said that aspartame is safe.
text: Although aspartame has been subject to claims against its safety, multiple authoritative reviews have found aspartame to be safe for consumption at typical levels used in food manufacturing.
text: Aspartame is one of the most widely used artificial sweetener, is it safe?
text: Researchers reporting from the Clinical Research Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1998, said that aspartame, a relatively new sweetener to the general public at that time, was safe.
text: In 2007, after reviewing numerous studies on the potential link between aspartame and some cancers, the FDA released this statement, "FDA finds no reason to alter its previous conclusion that aspartame is safe as a general purpose sweetener in food.
text: ’s dietary guidelines said aspartame appears to be safe in the amounts consumed by Americans.
text: When all the research on aspartame, including evaluations in both the premarketing and postmarketing periods, is examined as a whole, it is clear that aspartame is safe, and there are no unresolved questions regarding its safety under conditions of intended use.
text: Whether aspartame is safe for people who don't have these conditions has been a matter of debate.
text: Correspondingly, if the benchmarks that the ANS panel used to evaluate the results of positive studies had been consistently used to evaluate the results of negative studies then the panel would have been obliged to conclude that there was insufficient evidence to conclude that aspartame is acceptably safe.
text: Instead it said that aspartame is safe when consumed at currently estimated rates of consumption.
text: At the end of the twentieth century there were, consequently, good grounds for concluding that no one could be confident that aspartame was acceptably safe.
text: So you tell me: do we really have enough unbiased information to say for sure whether or not aspartame is safe or not?
text: The FDA-organized board further reported that there was no decisive evidence that aspartame was at all safe as a food additive.31,32,33
text: The association believed that Searle failed to provide reasonable certainty that aspartame and its degradation products were safe for use in soft drinks.
text: Aspartame has been deemed safe for human consumption by over 100 regulatory agencies in their respective countries, including the United States Food and Drug Administration, UK Food Standards Agency, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Health Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
text: Aspartame has been deemed safe for human consumption by over 100 regulatory agencies in their respective countries, including the UK Food Standards Agency, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Health Canada.
text: Otherwise aspartame has been deemed safe at a maximum intake of 50mg/kg body weight/day by the FDA.
text: Aspartame was deemed acceptably safe by the World Health Organisation and UN Food and Agriculture Organisation's Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) in 1980 and by the European Commission’s Scientific Committee for Food in 1985 .
text: Aspartame has been deemed safe by all major scientific and regulatory bodies​
text: While aspartame has been deemed safe by all major scientific and regulatory bodies based on analysis of 100+ toxicological and clinical studies, it has repeatedly come under fire from activists and consumer groups such as the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), which urges shoppers to avoid the sweetener over concerns it may be carcinogenic (click HERE​​).
text: Aspartame is also considered safe if you have diabetes, because it does not contain carbohydrates and will not raise your blood glucose or sugar levels.
text: While aspartame is considered safe, there are concerns that it may cause cancer.
text: Aspartame is considered safe during pregnancy if consumed in moderation.
text: According to the FDA, aspartame is generally considered safe.
text: Despite numerous studies attesting to the fact that aspartame is safe to use, there are still many health experts that believe that aspartame has a negative effective on our health.
text: Opponents of aspartame cited numerous health risks and alleged conflicts of interest that brought to its mass use in the food industry, but official government studies repeatedly came to the conclusion that aspartame is very safe to use and can only cause rare health disorders if it is used in excessive quantities.