One of this drink's chief ingredients is the artificial sweetener aspartame. |
There is no sugar or artificial sweetener in the whole world that could ever be that sweet. |
The green leaves of this plant contain large amounts of stevioside, a sweetener estimated to be 300 times as sweet as table sugar. |
Breyers also adds acesulfame potassium, an artificial sweetener that may or may not be safe. |
One of the challenges in using aspartame as a sweetener is the replacement of the sugar-body or bulk. |
In summary, the use of stevioside as a sweetener has been a raging international controversy for years and I just found out about it today. |