Aspartame hazard and risk assessment results released

Assessments of the health impacts of the non-sugar sweetener aspartame are released today by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA). Citing “limited evidence” for carcinogenicity in humans, IARC classified aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans (IARC Group 2B) and JECFA reaffirmed the acceptable daily intake of 40 mg/kg body weight.

Read the joint press release (IARC & JECFA) – English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish
Read the joint summary of findings of the evaluation of aspartame – English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish
Read the JECFA evaluation
Read the article in The Lancet Oncology
View the infographic: IARC Monographs Vol. 134 evaluations
View the infographic: IARC Monographs hazard classification Watch the video: IARC Monographs hazard classification process
View the Featured News page on the evaluation of aspartame