At a moment when the population is increasingly aware and involved in what it eats, both
consumers and the food sector are showing more interest in natural foods. This review work …

Epidemiologic evidence supports a positive association between ultraprocessed food (UPF)
consumption and body mass index. This has led to recommendations to avoid UPFs despite …

Níveis de evidência Nível A Dados obtidos a partir de múltiplos estudos randomizados de
bom porte, concordantes e/ou de meta-análise robusta de estudos clínicos randomizados …

Level of evidence Level A Data obtained from multiple concordant large randomized trials
and/or robust meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials Level B Data obtained from less …

Aspartame is a sweetener introduced to replace the commonly used sucrose. It was
discovered by James M. Schlatter in 1965. Being 180–200 times sweeter than sucrose, its …

A consensus workshop on low-calorie sweeteners (LCS) was held in November 2018 where
seventeen experts (the panel) discussed three themes identified as key to the science and …

Low calorie sweeteners (LCS) are prevalent in the food supply for their primary functional
property of providing sweetness with little or no energy. Though tested for safety individually …

The prevalence of obesity among Chilean adults and children is one of the highest
worldwide. To fight the constant increase of non-communicable diseases and the growing …

Non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) are popular sugar substitutes that can help in weight and
diabetes management, but concerns regarding their use have been raised by the public …

Since excessive sugar consumption has been related to the development of chronic
metabolic diseases prevalent in the western world, the use of sweeteners has gradually …