Aspartame In Diet Coke Potentially Causes Cancer, WHO Announces

Diet Coke is one of the leading brands of the Coca-Cola Company. Popularity of the product remains high despite concerns over its impact on health. DARREN ENGLAND/AAP PHOTOS.

Aspartame, a key ingredient in Diet Coke that Tesla CEO and author Elon Musk and former President and author Donald Trump are known to guzzle, could potentially cause cancer, The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced. The decision has been keenly globally awaited since last month.

“The WHO declared that aspartame, a widely used artificial sweetener in diet drinks and low-sugar foods, might be a potential carcinogen,” said the New York Times in a report.