Preface//
Now many people in life pay great attention to body management,
Milk is only drunk low-fat,
Coke only drinks sugar-free ones
…
Recently, however, WHO has stated that
This ingredient in diet cola,
It's about to be officially listed as a carcinogen!
#01：
In the future, such cola will not be able to be drunk?!
WHO: This ingredient is classified as a carcinogen
Coke has always been called "fat house happy water" because the sweetness and bubbles of cola explode in the mouth, especially in the hot summer, can bring pleasure to the person and heart.
However, as more people pursue body management and maintenance in life, low-sugar or even sugar-free "fat house happy water" has become more and more popular in recent years.
However, this happy water may not be happy in the future...
The World Health Organization recently said that aspartame, an ingredient in these low-sugar, sugar-free drinks, will officially be listed as a carcinogen!
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Aspartame is one of the most common sugar substitutes, from low-calorie Coca-Cola to many sugar-free gums, which are used as a source of sweetness, but its safety has also been disputed.
According to Reuters, IARC, a cancer research organization under the World Health Organization (WHO), is about to list aspartame as a "possibly carcinogenic" substance.
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As soon as this news came out, it directly attracted global attention.
After all, sugar-free drinks are found in all corners of the world, and there are countless consumers who drink them, and if aspartame is really listed as a carcinogen, it means that many people are increasing their risk of cancer every day.
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However, the report of the Rutte news agency is very rigorous, IARC only announced that aspartame is a possible carcinogen, and the specific news will announce the final results on July 14, which means that whether aspartame will be listed as a carcinogen will not be announced until mid-July.
It must be emphasized here that the cancer research organization IARC has different distinctions on carcinogens, which are divided into the following five categories according to the probability of carcinogenesis:
Class 1: Confirmed carcinogenicity to humans
Class 2A: It is likely to be carcinogenic to humans
Class 2B: May be carcinogenic to humans
Category 3: It is not yet certain whether it is carcinogenic to humans
4 categories: basically no carcinogenic effect on the human body.
The 2B category of possible carcinogens is the category into which aspartame may be divided.
Even if it may cause cancer, it still makes countless people feel scared by this news. Cancer is a terminal disease that human beings have not solved so far, if drinking sugar-free drinks containing aspartame may increase the rate of carcinogenesis, I believe that many people will directly erase these sugar-free drinks from their shopping list.
#02：
The International Beverage Association responded
Is the sugar-free beverage market disrupted?
After the problem of aspartame was exposed, the International Beverage Association Committee ICBA also responded immediately, directly posting on the official website: Aspartame may cause cancer This contradicts decades of high-quality scientific evidence.
At the same time, the ICBA said that IARC itself admits that it is not the best body to conduct a risk assessment of aspartame's actual intake, nor does it provide health advice.
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Because even if aspartame is listed as a possible carcinogen, the harm is also related to the amount involved.
Prior to this, food safety authorities in more than 90 countries around the world had concluded that aspartame was safe, and now IARC suddenly wants to list it as a possible carcinogen, which has to make people doubt its scientific basis and rationality.
Therefore, ICBA's attitude is that aspartame should be reviewed more extensively and comprehensively by JECFA, a joint expert committee on food additives of the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Although the International Beverage Association Committee responded, it indirectly questioned IARC's possible plan to list aspartame as a potential carcinogen.
But the news still had a huge impact on the diet beverage market.
In recent years, the concept of healthy consumption accompanied by sugar control and sugar reduction has gradually become a social consensus, and no-glycation and low-glycation have gradually become new standards for global healthy diet. In this context, the sugar-free beverage industry has developed rapidly.
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It can be said that sugar-free drinks have ushered in rapid development all over the world, and major beverage companies are also launching various types of sugar-free drinks.
Although not all sugar-free drinks use aspartame as the sweetest, the entire beverage industry will undoubtedly be hit by aspartame this time.
#03：
Aspartame may have an accident
These sugar substitute stock prices went crazy
Because Aspartan Sweets is the main sugar substitute sweetener on the market, it is also one of the most widely used synthetic sweeteners without loving you.
Now that aspartame has fallen into a turmoil that may cause cancer, other sugar substitute products have ushered in a wave of development opportunities.
Taking the Chinese stock market as an example, after today's open, sugar substitute stocks that produce erythritol and other sweeteners have risen to the limit, and as of midday, Bowlingbao, Rhein Biologics and Sanyuan Biologics rose more than 9%.
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In the year before, erythritol stocks such as ternary biology, because of the serious expansion of erythritol industry, oversupply led to a sharp drop in market prices, declining performance, and low stock prices.
However, it is also reported that although erythritol and the like are also a kind of sugar substitute, and the sales price is much lower than aspartame, its sweetness is lower than sucrose, the actual cost is higher, and excessive consumption of sugar alcohols will have the risk of diarrhea.
In fact, as early as May this year, the World Health Organization released a new interpretation of non-sugar sweeteners, in which the World Health Organization clearly recommends that most people should avoid non-sugar sweeteners such as acesulfame potassium, aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, stevia.
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The World Health Organization highlights that there is evidence that the use of non-sugar sweeteners does not have any long-term benefits for reducing body fat in adults or children. In addition, long-term use of non-sugar sweeteners may have potential adverse effects, such as an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in adults.
That is to say, even if it is not listed as a probable carcinogen, aspartame has no health benefits. The same applies to some other sugar substitutes.
At last
IARC, a cancer research organization under the World Health Organization, suddenly said that aspartame may be included in the ranks of possible carcinogens, and this news instantly exploded public opinion, and countless people were paying attention.
If it really could cause cancer, the sugar-free beverage market could usher in a huge disruption!
Sugar-free drinks, do you dare to continue drinking?