PepsiCo to Drop Aspartame From Diet Pepsi

[icyfroth]

PepsiCo said it would switch to sucralose, a less controversial but still artificial sweetener. The beverage giant said the change—the boldest soda reformulation since Coca-Cola's New Coke fiasco—was in response to consumer surveys showing aspartame as the No. 1 reason Americans are shunning diet colas.

The new sweetener is a blend of sucralose and acesulfame potassium that will be used in Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi in the U.S. beginning in August. The new sweetener formulation “was developed after extensive research and testing with U.S. diet cola drinkers,” the company said.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a public health group and soft drink critic, said Friday that, while consumers should still avoid acesulfame potassium, more commonly known as Ace K, sucralose is “likely’’ a safer sweetener than aspartame. It cited past studies suggesting aspartame had caused tumors in rats, and said tests in the 1970s flagged Ace K as a potential cancer risk.

Coke and Pepsi have both been trying to solve the diet sweetener problem for years. Pepsi tweaked Diet Pepsi a couple of years ago to a blend that retained aspartame but mixed it with acesulfame potassium.

They have both spent heavily in recent years trying to develop zero-calorie sweeteners that can be marketed as natural, not artificial. Each has placed bets on stevia, which is derived from a plant but can leave a bitter aftertaste.

Coke and Pepsi rolled out cola variations sweetened with stevia in the U.S. last year, but mixed in sugar, turning them into mid-calorie colas instead of diet colas.

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Again the aluminium connection:

Artificial Chemical Sweeteners - Grocery Warning

Making matters worse, soft drink companies put their liquid products containing aspartame in containers made of aluminum.

When this aluminum - a known neurotoxin - is combined with aspartame, the results are multiplied:

In the case of diet drinks in aluminum cans, the very brain-toxic aluminum fluoride compound co-exists with multiple toxins found in aspartame, thus creating the most powerful government-approved toxic soup imaginable. With the strong association between aluminum, excitotoxins, aluminum fluoride complexes and Alzheimer’s disease, it would be completely irresponsible to encourage people to consume this toxic mixture.

Yet, this is done literally billions of times every year in advertising. It is important to remember that the aluminum can has been around for only about three decades, and most toxin-related diseases take years of accumulation to produce the full clinical expression of the disorder.
-Russell Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life

[serendipityricho]

Thats scarey Icy-but wont worry me.

Havent drank either of those 2 brands you mentioned for 30 years.

Hope VB is ok in cans.................................................................................Richo.

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

"Blaylock perpetuates the myth that science-based medicine is not interested in prevention, despite the fact that immunization, which

he opposes, prevents more disease and saves more lives than just about any other medical activity."

[icyfroth]

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@serendipityricho wrote:

Thats scarey Icy-but wont worry me.

Havent drank either of those 2 brands you mentioned for 30 years.

Hope VB is ok in cans.................................................................................Richo.

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probably be safer to switch to stubbies, richo.

[harley_babes_hoard]

here's a novel idea, drink water instead. then you don't have to worry about it

[siggie-reported-by-alarmists]

"He suggests that his supplements can treat and prevent such diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. He asserts that his formula

"will maximize your brain’s ability to heal and reduce inflammation." The rest of the scientific community seems oblivious to these

claims, which are not based on large-scale clinical trials. Blaylock also sells hope to cancer patients by encouraging them to believe

he has found the secret to prevention and cure."

The Dr quoted in the OP is a nutter.

[cherry*135]

I know elderly people who have/had Alzheimers.. I doubt any of them ever  drank diet soft drinks out of cans. 

There has been concerns about aluminium saucepans for years re Alzheimers.. not sure about that but I don't use them. 

[cherry*135]

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@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

"He suggests that his supplements can treat and prevent such diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. He asserts that his formula

"will maximize your brain’s ability to heal and reduce inflammation." The rest of the scientific community seems oblivious to these

claims, which are not based on large-scale clinical trials. Blaylock also sells hope to cancer patients by encouraging them to believe

he has found the secret to prevention and cure."

The Dr quoted in the OP is a nutter.

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Not surprising these 'quacks' always have their own products to sell to prevent/cure what ever they are going on about.

They aren't informing people for the good of  the people, just to make money for themselves.

[curmu-curmu]

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@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

"He suggests that his supplements can treat and prevent such diseases as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. He asserts that his formula

"will maximize your brain’s ability to heal and reduce inflammation." The rest of the scientific community seems oblivious to these

claims, which are not based on large-scale clinical trials. Blaylock also sells hope to cancer patients by encouraging them to believe

he has found the secret to prevention and cure."

The Dr quoted in the OP is a nutter.

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But wait!!! There's more!

Blaylock has endorsed views inconsistent with the scientific consensus, including that food additives such as aspartame and monosodium glutamate (MSG) are excitotoxic in normal doses and that the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) vaccine carries more risk than swine flu itself.

Blaylock has called the American medical system 'collectivist' and has suggested that health-care reform efforts under President Obama are masterminded by extragovernmental groups that wish to impose euthanasia. He blamed the purported collectivism of American medicine for the retirement of his friend Miguel Faria. According to Blaylock, the former Soviet Union tried to spread collectivism by covertly introducing illegal drugs and various sexually transmitted diseases into the United States. Schwarcz characterized these positions as "conspiracy theories."

[softail-joanie]

PepsiCo said it would switch to sucralose, a less controversial but still artificial sweetener. The beverage giant said the change—the boldest soda reformulation since Coca-Cola's New Coke fiasco—was in response to consumer surveys showing aspartame as the No. 1 reason Americans are shunning diet colas.

Yeah, this has been going on for years, they change the name from aspertiane to something else but it's the same deadly substance. i know diet Coke drinkers who I warned and they believe me, reasearched it themselves but are so addicted to the aspertaine or whatever they are calling it this week, that they can't stop drinking it. This aspertaine is so very addictive that if they did actually stop using it, diet soda drinkers would go into withdraw in droves.