The following video is a trailer for the documentary “Sweet Remedy” that discusses the FDA’s approval of various artificial ingredients, particularly artificial sweeteners like aspartame, yet they ban natural substances such as the sweet herb stevia.
Interestingly, the FDA has recently approved two new sweeteners made with stevia. Truvia made by Coca-Cola and PureVia made by Pepsico both use rebiana, an extract of the stevia plant as their main ingredient.
Yet as recently as the end of 2007, the FDA declared that stevia was “an unsafe food additive”.
It’s amazing how Coca-Cola and Pepsico were able to magically transform this “unsafe food additive” into a safe and acceptable sweetener that the FDA could easily approve for release to the market.
Or could it be that the FDA is actually in the pocket of corporate interests as they’ve been repeatedly accused. Nah, that couldn’t be it!
Aspartame/MSG/FDA Sweet Remedy: The World Reacts (Trailer)