Guidelines on Diet Coke ingredient from consultants tied to alleged industry front group an ‘obvious conflict of interest’, report says

It uncovered eight WHO panelists involved with assessing safe levels of aspartame consumption who are beverage industry consultants who currently or previously worked with the alleged Coke front group, International Life Sciences Institute (Ilsi).

Their involvement in developing intake guidelines represents “an obvious conflict of interest”, said Gary Ruskin, US Right-To-Know’s executive director. “Because of this conflict of interest, [the daily intake] conclusions about aspartame are not credible, and the public should not rely on them,” he added.

  •  zagaberoo   ( @zagaberoo@beehaw.org ) 
    2•10 months ago

    That makes sense. I’m coming at this as someone who drinks diet coke because they like it rather than to avoid drinking sugar.

    Amusingly it’s the fact that diet coke is relatively less sweet that makes me like it.