Coke using banned U.S. sweetener in Mexico (banned in the United States since 1969! - come on Coke)

Posted on: August 29th, 2007
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“Consumer advocates here are blasting Coca-Cola over its use of a sweetener that’s been banned in the United States since 1969, but is now an ingredient in the Mexican version of Coca-Cola Zero.

Sodium cyclamate, which is 30 times sweeter than sucrose and prized because it lacks a strong aftertaste, was outlawed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 38 years ago over cancer concerns. It was legalized in Mexico last year, shortly before Coca-Cola launched the Mexican version of Coca-Cola Zero, the soda giant’s latest diet drink.”

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