What foods contain aspartame, the sweetener considered a possible carcinogen?
The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer announced Thursday that the artificial sweetener aspartame, commonly found in Diet Coke and other sugar-free foods, is a possible carcinogen. However, a second WHO group, the Expert Committee on Food Additives, did not change its threshold for the daily amount of aspartame that is safe to consume: 40 milligrams per kilogram of body weight for adults who weigh about 154 pounds. Added up, that's the amount in about 14 cans of Diet Coke. The Food and Drug Administration has a slightly higher daily limit of 50 milligrams per kilogram of…
