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Artificial Sweeteners

Commons · Question 82276 · Tabled 15 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition's report entitled SACN statement on the WHO guideline on non-sugar sweet

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 20 Oct 2025

In its statement, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) concluded that the evidence of a risk to health from consuming non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) is inconsistent. It also made a precautionary recommendation that intakes of NSS be minimised...