Artificial Sweeteners in Milk?

[YouCanToo]

Got diet milk? In a highly controversial move, the dairy industry wants to market artificially sweetened milk—without any special label to alert consumers.

In a petition filed with the FDA, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) seek to change the definition of “milk” so that chemical sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose can be used as optional ingredients not listed on the product label.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/artificial-sweeteners-milk


What is wrong with these idiots   So much for a healthy drink of milk!  Don't we already add enough sugar to the products we use or consume?

[Just17]

Got diet milk? In a highly controversial move, the dairy industry wants to market artificially sweetened milk—without any special label to alert consumers.

In a petition filed with the FDA, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) seek to change the definition of “milk” so that chemical sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose can be used as optional ingredients not listed on the product label.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/artificial-sweeteners-milk


What is wrong with these idiots   So much for a healthy drink of milk!  Don't we already add enough sugar to the products we use or consume?

Way too much!

I wonder how the health of kids would improve if sweeetned drinks were licenced like alcohol .....

[joechimp]

Whole milk is one of the pleasures of my life. If they screw with that, then...well I just don't know.

Be assured though that true milk will be available but now it will demand a huge  premium. After all it is "REAL" milk.

[µT6]

same here until i became lactose intolerant and also the diet

i use fat and lactose milk, some brands seems to be sweeter than others, this explains that

after all, a milk without the fat, the lactose and who know has been removed is basically white water, and i pay for that 

[luikki]

after all, a milk without the fat, the lactose and who know has been removed is basically white water, and i pay for that

kefir...

http://users.sa.chariot.net.au/~dna/kefirpage.html

does it ring a bell?

[YouCanToo]

Whole milk is one of the pleasures of my life. If they screw with that, then...well I just don't know.

Be assured though that true milk will be available but now it will demand a huge  premium. After all it is "REAL" milk.

Joe, I feel exactly the same way as you do.....  I love drinking ice cold milk.  Just what we need to give our kids, more artificial sweeteners.

[dcwbis]

Now I'm more glad than ever that I only drink water and single malt scotch whiskey.

[weirdwolf]

I think "Boneheads" sums it up.

[parnote]

Got diet milk? In a highly controversial move, the dairy industry wants to market artificially sweetened milk—without any special label to alert consumers.

In a petition filed with the FDA, the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) seek to change the definition of “milk” so that chemical sweeteners like aspartame and sucralose can be used as optional ingredients not listed on the product label.

http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/artificial-sweeteners-milk


What is wrong with these idiots   So much for a healthy drink of milk!  Don't we already add enough sugar to the products we use or consume?

+1!!!!!!

[Bald Brick]

Be assured though that true milk will be available but now it will demand a huge  premium. After all it is "REAL" milk.

Are you certain? Can you even now get unpasteurised milk where you live. Or more importantly: unhomogenised milk?

(Personally I hate milk. I only consume it when it's been transmogrified into cheese. And I love cheese.)

[µT6]

hard to read text

it is like milk made from soy isn't?

i don't like that  

[dixonpete]

Googling Aspartame on YouTube yields hours of fun entertainment, like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCoBuTr0Or0

I'm one of the chemically sensitive crowd that can't tolerate any exposure to many food chemicals like chocolate, caffeine, ginger and many drugs. They cause mood disorder effects not limited to depression, hypomania, confusion, disturbed dreams, social anxiety etc. Without exposure I'm pretty darn normal. With exposure I am almost immediately disabled, and legally was for many years before I figured it out.

I've always avoided Aspartame as a matter of course, but from my web research it's very likely it is in the same category. Not having foods labelled with it would be extremely hazardous for people like me.

[µT6]

so many myths about aspartame

the biggest one is that makes people angry and violent

that would explain my behavior perfectly, the problem is that i only used it for 3 or 4 years, need to explain the other 30 

http://www.caloriecontrol.org/articles-and-video/feature-articles/internet-myths-about-aspartame

[dixonpete]

Considering how it's not necessary I'd say Aspartame represents an unjustified risk.

I suppose the most telling argument for me was the report that industry sponsored research was universally favorable and independent research was general negative on the product.

[YouCanToo]

Be assured though that true milk will be available but now it will demand a huge  premium. After all it is "REAL" milk.

Are you certain? Can you even now get unpasteurised milk where you live. Or more importantly: unhomogenised milk?

(Personally I hate milk. I only consume it when it's been transmogrified into cheese. And I love cheese.)

Whole milk, at least in the US, is milk with a 3.2% butterfat content.