R Whites Lemonade now use Aspartame.

Dr.Shoe_2

I used to carry drums of aspartame around on a truck. You wouldn't believe the safety precautions you have to take. It is poisonous in quantities.

hollydays

poisonous how?

sandraroffey

years ago i used to see a homeopath. and her opinion of what is in soft drinks was unprintable.

i am sure she said it was asparthame (???) that is put in drinks because it makes you thirsty and makes you want more.

maybe my memory is playing tricks but i am sure thats what she said.

davetrousers

sandraroffey wrote: »

years ago i used to see a homeopath. and her opinion of what is in soft drinks was unprintable.

i am sure she said it was aspartame (???) that is put in drinks because it makes you thirsty and makes you want more.

maybe my memory is playing tricks but i am sure thats what she said.

I'd take whatever a homeopath says with a huge pinch of salt! See my signature.

Aspartame is a sweetener that is cheaper and lower calorie than sugar, which is why it is used.

Monosodium Glutamate (E621) makes you thirsty. This is a cheap way of adding a savoury flavour (umami) to food. It is used in Packet Soups, Gravy powder, crisps and other foods. I try to reduce my consumption of this too.

antheajane

My Nan used to drink about 8-10 cups of tea a day, with 4 canderal (yes 4!!) in each cup. She died a few years back and the doctors said it looked liked aspartame poisoning. Obviously she had a high intake of it over the years though, personally I'd rather the sugar!!!!

fluffnutter

davetrousers wrote: »

Monosodium Glutamate (E621) makes you thirsty. This is a cheap way of adding a savoury flavour (umami) to food. It is used in Packet Soups, Gravy powder, crisps and other foods. I try to reduce my consumption of this too.

MSG is heavily used in Chinese takeaways. Mind you, I like that umami feeling....

fluffnutter

antheajane wrote: »

My Nan used to drink about 8-10 cups of tea a day, with 4 canderal (yes 4!!) in each cup. She died a few years back and the doctors said it looked liked aspartame poisoning. Obviously she had a high intake of it over the years though, personally I'd rather the sugar!!!!

Out of interest, what does aspartame poisoning look like?

williham

This really annoys me.. especially if there is a diet variant. If people want drink that tastes awful and is potentially bad for them then they should be able to choose to drink diet... I just want a nice tasty naturally sweetened drink though!

I no longer drink Fanta or tango and drink sunkist or orangina which tastes better anyway and I won't drink lilt or schweppes lemonade.

frivolous_fay

Hold on a sec... before it was aspartame it was saccharine. Aspartame's the lesser of two evils if you ask me. Have they ditched the saccharine yet? That's why I stopped buying it.

If I want a fizzy drink, I want it with sugar in. If I want nasty sweeteners, I'll buy diet.

pulliptears

thanks for this, Im very sensitive to Aspartame (crippling tummy pains after barely a mouthful) and I had not realised it was in R Whites!