Aspartame
About this Digest on Aspartame
1. Sources for this Digest
The material content of most of the texts on Level 3
is directly sourced from the
The exceptions are:
- Sub-questions 1.1 and 1.2, for
which Level 3 texts are directly sourced from the
2002 assessment report of the French Food Safety
Agency (AFSSA):
The Levels 1 & 2 were written by Prof. Pedro Buc Calderón in collaboration with Valérie Wauthier, PhD candidate, and the GreenFacts team.
2. Current Status
Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.
3. Digest Publication History
The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.
First draft
The first draft of this Aspartame study was produced by Prof. Pedro Buc Calderón in collaboration with Valérie Wauthier, PhD candidate, in December 2003 on the basis of a canvas prepared by the GreenFacts Team.
Second draft
The second draft of this Aspartame study was produced in January 2004 by Prof. Pedro Buc Calderón in collaboration with Valérie Wauthier, PhD candidate, after review by the GreenFacts Team.
Preliminary and Peer review
The final draft of this Aspartame study was produced
in May 2004 by Prof. Pedro Buc Calderón in
collaboration with Valérie Wauthier, PhD candidate,
after pre-review by experts from environmental
organizations and industry (see our 
The final draft was peer reviewed by 3 independent
scientists selected by the GreenFacts
Scientific Board (see our
Publication
Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board on 28 July 2004.
Press Release
24 Sep. 2004:
GreenFacts publishes three studies: Water Disinfectants, Dioxins and Aspartame.
Read the Press Release.
Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions
No update or revision at present.
