- Type
- Sweetener
- How serious
- Low severity
- Evidence
- Emerging evidence
Why it is flagged
Classified by IARC as possibly carcinogenic in 2023, while JECFA left the acceptable daily intake unchanged. Evidence on metabolic effects is mixed.
Health topics it bears on
Sources
- Aspartame Health Canada, 2025
- 9. List of Permitted Sweeteners (Lists of Permitted Food Additives) Health Canada, 2025
- Summary of findings of the evaluation of aspartame at the IARC Monographs Programme's 134th Meeting and the JECFA 96th meeting International Agency for Research on Cancer and Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, 2023
- Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline World Health Organization, 2023
- Scientific Opinion on the re-evaluation of aspartame (E 951) as a food additive European Food Safety Authority, 2013
Also listed as
e951, aspartame-acesulfame salt, aspartam, aspartamo