EFSA finds no safety concerns for aspartame-acesulfame salt (E 962)

The European Food Safety Authority has finished reassessing the food additive aspartame-acesulfame salt (E 962) and reported that its use does not raise safety concerns. According to the agency, the compound dissociates in the body into aspartame and acesulfame K, each of which is covered by existing acceptable daily intake values—40 mg per kilogram of body weight for aspartame and 15 mg per kilogram for acesulfame K. Exposure assessments across all population groups remain beneath these thresholds.

EFSA recommends that EU regulatory specifications for E 962 be revised to align with the standards for its constituent sweeteners. In line with similar reviews of other sweeteners, the agency also advises tightening limits for arsenic and lead in the specifications for aspartame (E 951).