ASPARTAME/NEOTAME warning@!!!!!!

[fabricdragon]

allergy alert

the artificial sweetener "Neotame" which is chemical cousin  to Aspartame, but DOES NOT require the phenylalanine warning label. has now been approved for USDA organic foods.
link HERE

guys, this is beyond bad. its bad enough this crp doesn't get the phenylalanine warning that so many of us rely on to identify Aspartame (trade name

Comments

[noxcat]

Aspartame is less objectionable to me than almost all other sweeteners - including sugar.

[fabricdragon]

good for you if you can handle it. but for those of us who cant? we rely on warning labels to tell us its in there.

also i dont think any chemically created sweetener shoudl be in my "organic" food

[noxcat]

I agree on the 'organic' part.

But I do have serious problems with Splenda (sucralose) and there is no warning note for that. So I read the ingredients list - there really is no substitute for reading that. They are required to list all ingredients, so you don't need PKU warning.

[fabricdragon]

i have sadly found that they switch TO aspartame FROM splenda, with no notice. but not the reverse.

so a lot of my foods i KNEW had splenda (which i can have) suddenly have aspartame. and i find out when thyere is a reaction.

my friend had her NON DIET lemonade change to aspartame.

sadly, it seems that you have to read the entire label, every single box, every time you buy anything.. and i think thats criminal. they should require a notice saying "changed ingredients" whenever they do that

[noxcat]

But that's why the ingredients list is there - for consumers to read.

I have seen many things switched from Aspartame to sucralose with no notice, and it pisses me off since it means I can no longer use it. But it's already right there in the label - no need to reprint it. The label is there to be read. It's not the company's problem if people aren't reading it. If one has a medical issue, it is one's responsibility to take care of it, not the Big Brother.

[fabricdragon]

when i buy a case lot of diet iced tea for bottled water, i generally do not expect to have to read EVERY SINGLE box ingredient list, because with no fan fare they changed the ingredient listing.

the ingredients are mandated to be listed BY "big brother" otherwise they wouldnt even be on there. so why shouldnt "big brother" require a simple notice "change in ingredients" when they do?