Advantame: EFSA publishes safety assessment

EFSA has concluded that advantame and its metabolites pose no safety concern for consumers at the proposed uses and use levels as a sweetener. Advantame is an artificial sweetener that is thousands of times sweeter than sugar/glucose and could be used in small quantities in food and beverages compared to other sweeteners. For more information about advantame and others sweeteners assessed by EFSA, read the new Topic on our website.

• Scientific Opinion on the safety of advantame for the proposed uses as a food additive
• Topic: Sweeteners