People get aspartame from some other food sources, though, and often the presence or amounts of aspartame in them aren’t disclosed. One group, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or IARC, classified aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans. I drink diet soda. Aspartame has played a key role in the industry’s efforts over the past decade to reduce beverage calories in the American diet. PepsiCo finance chief Hugh Johnston, in an interview Thursday about the company’s latest earnings, said he doesn’t expect diet soda sales to be affected by the WHO findings.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 14, 2023 17:33 UTC