Pepsi Max and other diet and "light" sodas

[Chatty]

yes, i'm enjoying whatever i have left.

but my question is,if it is banned, then is it just here in Thailand?

if it's not banned yet - then where are all the bottles gone?

I really just want to know where I can get more.

Like people who smoke a pack a day, i drink pepsi max a day. if they can have their addiction, why can't I?

We have same habit... I always drink Pepsi Max or Coke Zero a day... I mix it with drinking water (I like the smell)

I don't know if it's banned or not, but I could buy Pepsi Max yesterday morning and today at lunch time from 7/11 in Sukhumvit Soi 1

To Nong Pampinea

You can stick with the original will real sugar if you have no need to control your blood sugar level. If Pepsi Max is FAKE why it come out from Pepsi Factory. I think it's another choice for a group of consumer who don't wanna get 100% of sugar but wanna taste Cola.

[English_Bob]

Health Minister Jesus Mantilla said the zero-calorie Coke Zero should no longer be sold and stocks of the drink removed from store shelves.]

In situations like this, I always ask myself, "What would Jesus do?"

But this time I know for sure.

(My staff are drinking Pepsi Max right now.... I think they're going to Hell)

[farang_subson]

From a major 2007 review paper:

"Acute, subacute and chronic toxicity studies with aspartame, and its decomposition products, conducted in mice, rats, hamsters and dogs have consistently found no adverse effect of aspartame with doses up to at least 4000 mg/kg bw/day. Critical review of all carcinogenicity studies conducted on aspartame found no credible evidence that aspartame is carcinogenic. The data from the extensive investigations into the possibility of neurotoxic effects of aspartame, in general, do not support the hypothesis that aspartame in the human diet will affect nervous system function, learning or behavior. Epidemiological studies on aspartame include several case-control studies and one well-conducted prospective epidemiological study with a large cohort, in which the consumption of aspartame was measured. The studies provide no evidence to support an association between aspartame and cancer in any tissue. The weight of existing evidence is that aspartame is safe at current levels of consumption as a nonnutritive sweetener."

(Critical Reviews in Toxicology)

There are other papers that do raise warnings. One rat study is commonly cited by aspartame opponents, but it's controversial because of the ludicrous concentrations of aspartame crammed into the rat's little mouths.

Given all the research over more than 30 years, and the lack of clearcut findings, I wouldn't get my panties in a bunch over this issue.

I have a funny feeling that the above abstract won't mean much to aspartame opponents (the scientists conspired with the food industry, blah, blah, blah).