The best alternatives to Diet Coke

British media wouldn’t be British media without endless stories of possible health risks in food and drink. The news cycle turns and we land on whether butter is good or bad, or whether having a glass of red wine in the evening is toxic or therapeutic.

Another long-running, oft-studied and frequently-discussed topic of debate is aspartame, the artificial sweetener found in the likes of Diet Coke and Coke Zero. The latter is a favourite drink of mine. 

Aspartame has suffered its fair share of derision in the past, but it is now being officially declared a ‘possible’ cancer risk by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a World Health Organisation body. The agency has reclassified the product as a class 2B carcinogen, one of four categories where 1 means it causes cancer; 2A it probably causes cancer; 2B it possibly causes cancer; and 3 means too little evidence.

I won’t be stopping my cans of Coke Zero.