Although full-calorie options still dominate the soda segment, diet sodas now represent more than a quarter of sales.
Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero Sugar and Diet Mountain Dew all contain aspartame.
For most adults, that means drinking less than nine to 14 cans of diet soda every day.
Even so, Edward Jones analyst Brittany Quatrochi said she isn't expecting a big hit to diet soda sales.
Besides diet sodas, aspartame can also be found in a variety of foods, including breakfast cereals, chewing gum and ice cream.
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Health, International Agency for Research, Cancer, World Health Organization, Pepsi, WHO, CNBC, PepsiCo, Reuters, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Zero, Coke, American Beverage Association, Keurig, ABA
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