Science and Professional Organizations
Aspartame is one of the best food ingredients exhaustively studied and it has been tested in more than 100 scientific studies prior to FDA approval in 1981. The studies were conducted in laboratory animals and humans, including infants, children, healthy adults, lactating women, diabetics, obese people and people with the rare genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU). In addition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Scientific Committee Food (SCF) of the European Union and regulatory agencies of more than 100 countries have reviewed aspartame and found that its use was safe.
Alzheimer's AssociationAmerican Academy of Family Physicians
American Council on Science and Health
American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
American Heart Association
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
British Medical Journal (editorial)
Canadian Diabetes Association
Diabetes U.K.
Lupus Foundation of America
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mayo Clinic
Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
National Cancer Institute
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Parkinson Foundation
The Nemours Foundation
U.K. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF)
U.S. Consumer Information Center
Cancer org's say Aspartame not related to cancer
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Aspartame Experts
The Food and Drug Administration, the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) of the World Health Organization, the Scientific Committee for Food of the European Community and regulatory agencies in more than 100 countries have reviewed aspartame and found it safe for use. The American Medical Association, the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetes Association also have found aspartame safe.
Opinions By Industry
Alzheimer’s Association
The Alzheimer's Association is the largest national voluntary health organization supporting Alzheimer's research and care. The site specifically states, "According to the FDA, as of May 2006, the agency had not been presented with any scientific evidence that would lead to change its conclusions on the safety of aspartame for most people. The agency says its conclusions are based on more than 100 laboratory and clinical studies."
URL: http://www.alz.org/AboutAD/Myths.asp
American Academy of Family Physicians
The American Academy of Family Physicians is one of the largest national medical organizations, representing more than 94,300 family physicians, family practice residents and medical students nationwide. The site states that aspartame is not related to ADHD in children or brain tumors in the general population. The site also notes that the claims made against aspartame are false.
URL: http://www.aafp.org/afp/20001101/diary.html
URL: http://www.aafp.org/afp/980600ap/quantum.html
American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society (ACS) is committed to fighting cancer through balanced programs of research, education, patient service, advocacy, and rehabilitation. The ACS's Web site clearly states that aspartame does not cause cancer. In fact, aspartame (due to the nature in which it is metabolized) never reaches the organs of the body.
URL: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ped/content/ped_1_3x_aspartame.asp
URL: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_3_2X_Common_Questions_About_Diet_and_Cancer.asp
American Council on Science and Health
After receiving many emails regarding allegations about aspartame that were circulating on the Internet, ACSH reminds consumers that aspartame is safe and offers further general information on artificial sweeteners. ACSH is a consumer education consortium concerned with helping consumers distinguish between real and hypothetical health risks.
URL: http://www.acsh.org/publications/pubID.1316/pub_detail.asp
URL: http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.265/healthissue_detail.asp
URL: http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.641/news_detail.asp
URL: http://www.acsh.org/factsfears/newsID.832/news_detail.asp
American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association, the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy, states that there is no credible scientific evidence linking aspartame to any health-related problems for people with diabetes.
URL: http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/common-terms/
URL: http://forecast.diabetes.org/magazine/food-thought/size-your-sweetener-options