Sugar, sugar? Oh, honey prefers the natural oneSugar Free sweetener maker Zydus Wellness reported a 3% year-on-year sales decline to ₹400.10 crore in the December 2023 quarter. The compa...
17 Feb, 2024, 01.00 AM IST
WHO says Aspartame is 'possibly carcinogenic.' What does that mean?The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classified aspartame "as possibly carcinogenic to humans" albeit without sufficient evi...
20 Jul, 2023, 11.18 AM IST
38% urban Indians consume artificial sweeteners every month, survey findsA recent survey conducted by Local Circles in India found that 38% of urban Indians consume artificial sweeteners every month. In May 2023,...
15 Jul, 2023, 09.35 PM IST
Sweetener Aspartame safe within advised limits: WHOOn June 28, Reuters had reported that artificial sweetener aspartame could be declared a 'carcinogen' by WHO-backed IARC, leading to massiv...
15 Jul, 2023, 10.18 AM IST
WHO report on artificial sweetener aspartame and cancer contradictoryIn what may appear a contradictory report, the world body has said that it has found that the sweetener may cause cancer, but it has no con...
14 Jul, 2023, 08.44 PM IST
WHO cancer arm deems aspartame 'possible carcinogen'; consumption limits unchangedAspartame is one of the world's most popular sweeteners, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum.
14 Jul, 2023, 07.21 AM IST
Confusing sugar wars: Defying West, India will go its own sweet way on aspartameReports say the World Health Organization is set to classify aspartame as a possible carcinogen. India's FSSAI, which initially banned a na...
07 Jul, 2023, 02.30 PM IST
India will set its own standards on sweeteners: FSSAILast week, Reuters reported that the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s cancer research arm, the International Agency for Research on Cancer...
06 Jul, 2023, 11.37 PM IST
This summer has been challenging on account of rains: Coca-ColaThis summer has been a challenging one and there’s nothing that can be done about the weather, beverage maker Coca-Cola India vice presiden...
06 Jul, 2023, 07.59 PM IST
FSSAI to study WHO report on possible link between aspartame and cancerThe International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), WHO's cancer research arm, is expected to declare aspartame as a possible carcinoge...
05 Jul, 2023, 06.27 AM IST
Can sweetener aspartame cause cancer? Wait for IARC reportAspartame is two hundred times sweeter than normal sugar, so it is used in diet cold drinks like Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Pepsi Max, and 7 Up ...
30 Jun, 2023, 12.06 AM IST
Beware! This popular artificial sweetener may be a carcinogenAspartame, used in products from Coca-Cola diet sodas to Mars' Extra chewing gum and some Snapple drinks, will be listed in July as "possib...
29 Jun, 2023, 08.34 PM IST
WHO's cancer research agency to say aspartame sweetener a possible carcinogen: SourcesThe artificial sweetener aspartame is set to be declared a possible carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a...
29 Jun, 2023, 11.44 AM IST
Why Indian farmers are struggling to ensure stevia becomes a product for the massesTwo decades have passed since Indian farmers first got interested in stevia. The input costs are still high because the crop can only multi...
08 Feb, 2018, 09.21 PM IST
FSSAI's nod for Stevia is relief for Coke, PepsiTill now, many companies in India have been using aspartame, a high-intensity artificial sweetener in their products.
24 Nov, 2015, 12.05 PM IST
Coca-Cola is seriously worried about Diet Coke sales plummetingSales of Diet Coke are dropping so precipitously that Pepsi-Cola surpassed Diet Coke to become the number two best-selling soda brand in th...
23 Jul, 2015, 01.24 PM IST
Consumers shun 'artificial sweeteners', go for regular Pepsi and Coca Cola instead of diet variantsDiet drinks in India, such as Diet Coke, Diet Pepsi and Coke Zero, contribute less than 2% of the overall Rs 14,000 crore carbonated bevera...
29 Apr, 2015, 05.44 AM IST