UK FSA Announces Final Results of Aspartame Study

The U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) has announced the final results of an
aspartame study commissioned by the Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in
Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT), which peer-reviewed
the initial findings in December 2013. Authored by Hull York Medical School
researchers, the study relied on data from 48 individuals who self-identified as
sensitive to the artificial sweetener aspartame.

After examining various factors—including psychological testing, clinical
observation and biochemistry, and metabolomics—the authors found that
the participants “showed no difference in their responses after consuming a
cereal bar, whether it contained aspartame or not,” according to FSA’s March
19, 2015, press release. Additional details about COT’s review of the study data
appear in Issue 506 of this Update.

Issue 559