Coca-Cola drops artificial sweetener from Coke Zero

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Coca-Cola drops artificial sweetener from Coke Zero

http://www.drinks-business-review.com/article_news.asp?guid=1ACA38BA-CAB3-4578-AE1B-494BBD626289

17th March 2008

By Staff Writer

Coca-Cola has reformulated the Mexican version of Coca-Cola Zero by removing artificial sweetener sodium cyclamate, revealed media reports

The artificial sweetener has been replaced with a combination of two other artificial sweeteners, aspartame and acesulfame-K. New bottles and cans of Coca-Cola Zero carry the words 'without cyclamate' in Spanish.

Sodium cyclamate has been banned in the US after certain lab findings suggested that the sweetener posed a cancer risk. Consumer advocates in Mexico strongly protested against the presence of this sweetener in the Mexican version of Coca-Cola Zero.

Beverage World quoted Rafael Fernandez, director of communications for Coca-Cola Mexico, as saying: "The formula changed because we have developed something that more approaches the original taste of Coca-Cola Classic. There was a campaign [against sodium cyclamate]; this is true, but cyclamate isn't a problem. It's a perfectly safe ingredient."

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So which is worse - Aspartame or Cyclamates?

 

Jane