Heath effects of artificial sweetener aspartame unsettle South Korea’s makgeolli market

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WHO’s cancer research arm is expected to declare aspartame as a possible carcinogen on July 14. Read more at straitstimes.com.

by the World Health Organisation have sparked alarm among Korea’s makgeolli makers and consumers.

“ will also consider making changes to our recipes to not to use aspartame if needed,” the official added. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s report in 2021, a 60kg adult would have to drink around 33 bottles of makgeolli for it to exceed the acceptable daily intake for aspartame. Another ministry report published in 2019 also said South Koreans’ daily aspartame intake remained at only 0.12 per cent of acceptable levels.

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