artificial sweetener

Food
Coca-Cola Is Using More Artificial Sweeteners to Meet Sugar Reduction Targets
The drinks giant has reduced the sugar content of Sprite, Fanta, and Dr. Pepper by adding sweeteners like stevia and acesulfame.
Daisy Meager
5.17.17
Health
Zero-Calorie Sweeteners Are Making You Fat
In some cases, research shows they may be even worse for you than real sugar.
Markham Heid
1.3.17
Food
Diet Soft Drinks Could Make You Eat More
New research from the University of Sydney suggests that artificial sweeteners, often found in diet soft drinks, trigger a fasting response in the brain, which increases our craving for calories.
Daisy Meager
7.13.16

Food
Should Diet Soda Be Allowed to Call Itself ‘Diet’?
Consumer advocacy group US Right to Know petitioned the FTC and FDA—and failed—in attempts to stop Coca-Cola and Pepsi from using the word “diet," claiming it's “deceptive, false and misleading.”
Wyatt Marshall
10.19.15