Milk Industry Petitions FDA to Allow Aspartame, Doesn't Want Public to Know

[Drukqs]

Milk has no added sugar, but the dairy industry is asking the Food and Drug Administration to allow it to add artificial sweeteners in the hopes of creating a lower-calorie milk product that will attract more consumers. The only catch: They don't want to announce the reduction in calories due to the sweetener on the label.

Currently the FDA regulation states that milk can contain only "nutritive sweeteners," which have calories and are recognized as safe by the FDA. According to the journal for the U.S. government, the Federal Register, the International Dairy Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) have asked the agency to allow the industry to use "any safe and suitable" sweetener and "allow optional characterizing flavoring ingredients used in milk (e.g., chocolate flavoring added to milk) to be sweetened with any safe and suitable sweetener — including non-nutritive sweeteners such as aspartame." The industry believes that offering lower-calorie flavored milks, such as chocolate milk, will benefit school children who are more inclined to drink flavored milks. This lower-calorie product, they believe, will help in the fight against childhood obesity.

But why don't the IDFA and the NMPF want to include a nutrient content claim, such as "reduced calorie," on the label? According to the petition, they argue that placing "reduced calorie" on labels will not attract children and that consumers can "more easily identify the overall nutritional value of milk products that are flavored with non-nutritive sweeteners if the labels do not include such claims."

IDFA and the NMPF filed this petition to allow artificial sweeteners back in 2009. Just last week the FDA published a notice of petition requesting "comments, data, and information about the issues presented in the petition filed by the International Dairy Foods Association and the National Milk Producers Federation to amend the standard of identity for milk and 17 other dairy products to provide for the use of any safe and suitable sweetener as an optional ingredient." That information is due to the FDA by May 21, 2013.

http://www.delish.com/food/recalls-r...ial-sweeteners

Further proof that the dairy industry is shady.

[mpconlon]

****in kunts tryna kill me

EDIT:
Small Fact: Aspartame was discovered by the same company who created biological weapons in ww2

[MrVeggie]

Don't drink milk but can't stop eating cheese :l

[briiii]

........for you HHHHHHHHHHHHHIPPIE muthafukers

[Drukqs]

........for you HHHHHHHHHHHHHIPPIE muthafukers

It's one thing to put chemicals into milk to create "diet" milk, but it's another thing entirely to not label it as such.

[TheRealMewt]

I'd buy milk without sugar. ****, that'd be nice to have on keto.

[Drukqs]

I'd buy milk without sugar. ****, that'd be nice to have on keto.

Agreed, it would be a good option, but it needs to be labeled.

[trufflepigg]

I switched to almond milk and its HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG

[MattOgusG4P]

****in kunts tryna kill me

EDIT:
Small Fact: Aspartame was discovered by the same company who created biological weapons in ww2

holy mother of retardation

[AndrettiFamily]

Fuk this earth. Make cigarettes and GMO's illegal.

[PotatosGonPotat]

FDA's are the biggest ****s ever walking this side of the earth.

[PongLenis]

idgaf if they put it in milk. they had better label it though.

and i thought the FDA fines companies for misrepresenting the ingredients on labels ? why is milk so special ??

[Chuck2600]

Do you realize aspartame is just two ESSENTIAL amino acids?

[Drukqs]

Do you realize aspartame is just two ESSENTIAL amino acids?

Great. Put that on the label.

[Kharig]

****in kunts tryna kill me

EDIT:
Small Fact: Aspartame was discovered by the same company who created biological weapons in ww2

the same company that makes your microwave, refrigerator, washers also makes miniguns (General Electric) so i don't really see your point

[ChillBot]

and if they lobby enough theyll get it

[Cacophony]

Do you realize aspartame is just two ESSENTIAL amino acids?

aspartame is gmo bacterial feces

[Chuck2600]

****in kunts tryna kill me

EDIT:
Small Fact: Aspartame was discovered by the same company who created biological weapons in ww2

The company manufactured prescription drugs and nuclear medicine imaging equipment. Searle is known for its release of Enovid, the first commercial oral contraceptive, in 1960. It is also known for its release of the first bulk laxative, Metamucil, in 1934; Dramamine, for motion sickness; the COX-2 inhibitor Bextra; ****** for insomnia; and NutraSweet (also known as Aspartame), an artificial sweetener, in 1965. It was released in 1981 by FDA.
In 1996, the FDA removed all restrictions on the use of aspartame, which enabled its use in heated and baked goods. G.D. Searle's patent on aspartame was extended in 1981 and ultimately expired in December 1992

Company History:

Skokie, Illinois-based G.D. Searle & Co. is a mid-sized pharmaceutical firm owned entirely by chemical producer Monsanto Company. Searle concentrates on developing, manufacturing, and marketing pharmaceuticals in five main areas: arthritis, insomnia, cancer, cardiovascular disease, and women's reproductive health. Its top-selling product is the arthritis drug Celebrex, which was introduced in early 1999 and became the most successful pharmaceutical launch in U.S. history, with 19 million prescriptions written in the first 12 months. Over its more than 100-year history, Searle has developed a number of well-known products, including the laxative Metamucil, motion-sickness treatment Dramamine, the first birth control 'pill,' high-blood-pressure medication Aldactone, and the artificial sweetener aspartame (brand name NutraSweet). Four generations of the Searle family guided the company through much of its development. In October 1985 Monsanto acquired Searle, which then operated as a wholly owned subsidiary. In December 1999 Monsanto agreed to a merger with Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc., a development that signalled the likely end of Searle's existence as an operating company.

Obvious fact: You blindly believe everything you hear

[Chuck2600]

aspartame is gmo bacterial feces

JESUS H ****ING CHRIST

non-saccharide sweetener used as a sugar substitute in some foods and beverages. In the European Union, it is codified as E951. Aspartame is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid/phenylalanine dipeptide.

Aspartic acid (abbreviated as Asp or D)[3] is an α-amino acid with the chemical formula HOOCCH(NH2)CH2COOH. The carboxylate anion, salt, or ester of aspartic acid is known as aspartate.

Phenylalanine (pron.: /fɛnəlˈəlɒˈniːn/) (abbreviated as Phe or F)[2] is an α-amino acid with the formula C6H5CH2CH(NH2)COOH. This essential amino acid is classified as nonpolar because of the hydrophobic nature of the benzyl side chain

I know this is a quote from wikipedia but if you looked for just a second further you will find the same thing..

[MajorKobraK]

Usually when there's an article about situations like this, it's already happening

[LaCosaNostra90]

I dont care what they put in some milk, as long as there is another alternative, but they HAVE TO label it or else thats just complete fuking bullchit. People will have their own opinions on Aspartame, I for one would rather not consume it and always look at the labels before I buy anything. Its pretty fuking shady that they dont want to label it, that rustles my fuking jimmies.

[FancyLad]

Aspartame is a neuro-toxin. It is literally the feces of GMO bacteria. Keep sucking those Diet-Cokes, ****s. To the fool who said they'd gladly buy Aspartame-laced milk in order to avoid natural milk sugars - if you read this & still drink that poison, you deserve what you get.

Everyone would be well-served to do just a brief study of how Aspartame came to be approved by the FDA in the 1970's, who the head of the FDA was and how much of a kickback he eventually received for approving Aspartame. On numerous occasions they've tried to "re-brand" Aspartame because people keep catching on to it. It's also been known at NutraSweet, and NeoTame. It's used in just about every "sugar-free" better-living-through-science fake food product on the market these days. Think of your coffee-sweeteners. Think of your prescription medications, to which it is being increasingly added.

Cliffs: Aspartame is poison; Any fore-warned consumer is mental.

[CheeseSteak]

isn't it in or use to be in chewing gum?

[LaCosaNostra90]

fukk i wish GMO's were illegal

Most countries dont allow GMOs. But here its not problem and they even lobby to not label it as GMO. Pretty fuked up if you ask me

[HankScorp1o]

Glad I don't drink dairy milk. Almond milk is the way brahs.

[AndrettiFamily]

Most countries dont allow GMOs. But here its not problem and they even lobby to not label it as GMO. Pretty fuked up if you ask me

bro whenever i get the chance to slow down and think about it, it makes me wanna cry how Pure, Organic, unmodified food is the minority in america.
People treat organics like a delicassy here, when really it should be the norm. It means natural doesnt it? why isnt 90% of our food supply organic.

[LaCosaNostra90]

bro whenever i get the chance to slow down and think about it, it makes me wanna cry how Pure, Organic, unmodified food is the minority in america.
People treat organics like a delicassy here, when really it should be the norm. It means natural doesnt it? why isnt 90% of our food supply organic.

Because it means less profits for the big corporations like Mosanto and the culture here is all about fast food, and they think organic food is stupid. Pretty pathetic

[FancyLad]

isn't it in or use to be in chewing gum?

Yezzir. You now have to special-order gum if don't want any with Aspartame. Just think of how you have so many direct nerve lines to the brain in your mouth, and you're literally topically applying a neurotoxin.

[CheeseSteak]

Yezzir. You now have to special-order gum if don't want any with Aspartame. Just think of how you have so many direct nerve lines to the brain in your mouth, and you're literally topically applying a neurotoxin.

damn. that's phucked up

[KennyK]

Don't drink milk but can't stop eating cheese :l

this fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

that coconut milk