Experts Views
This section will provide you with useful insight from scientific experts on the role and benefits of low calorie sweeteners and their role in our diet.
Please click on the links below to read interesting pieces of opinion articles, commentaries and interviews with expert on specific topics, ranging from safety to the benefits of low calorie sweeteners in weight management and diabetes.
Low calorie sweeteners and gut microbiome: no effect confirmed in humans
Posted: 05 July 2018Science news from the 36th Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition in Croatia. Highlights: Low calorie sweetener-induced effects on gut microbiome are not confirmed in humans. Outcomes of animal studies testing low calorie sweeteners in very high...
Low calorie sweeteners and metabolic health: A critical evaluation of the literature
Posted: 24 June 2019Science News from the 37th International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition - Highlights: Higher quality evidence shows that the intended substitution of sugar calories with low calorie sweeteners can help improve body weight control and associated...
Low calorie sweeteners are safe and can bring benefits in weight and glucose control
Posted: 27 September 2018Science news from FELANPE 2018 Congress - Highlights: The safety of low calorie sweeteners has been thoroughly studied and consistently confirmed by numerous regulatory food safety authorities at a national and international level. The use of low ...
Low calorie sweeteners are used as a strategy to help reduce calorie intake and sweet food cravings by frequent consumers, new studies suggest
Posted: 30 May 2017Highlights from the symposium of the International Sweeteners Association at the 24 th European Congress on Obesity in Porto Professor Maria Hassapidou , Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Th...
Low calorie sweeteners can help you reduce the calories of your favourite Christmas desserts
Author(s): Dr Grigoris Risvas* | Posted: 16 December 2016With Christmas being just around the corner, we are already considering which food and desserts we will prepare for our family and friends. Whilst the most important aspect of success in cooking is good taste, keeping some calories off is also essen...
Low calorie sweeteners could have a greater role in sugar reduction and food reformulation
Posted: 22 September 2016Highlights from the Sugar Reduction Summit , London, 22nd September 2016 The Sugar Reduction Summit took place for a third consecutive year in London on 22nd September and was attended by more than 150 policymakers, public health experts, ind...