Diet Pepsi sales have been slumping for quite some time, and with the ongoing health awareness movement causing major pain for other purveyors of unhealthy foods and drinks, Pepsi finally got the memo and has made a long-awaited change.<\/p>\n
The multi-billion dollar soda company announced last year that they\u2019re ditching aspartame, the oft-used but increasingly unpopular sweetener that\u2019s been linked to serious health problems.<\/p>\n
After the change, Diet Pepsi products say \u201cNow Aspartame Free\u201d on the can, and the product has had its ingredients altered significantly.<\/p>\n
Consumers have turned their back on diet soda in large part because of health concerns, so how they should feel about the new product?<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Pepsi\u2019s chosen replacements for the much-maligned sweetener don\u2019t appear to be much better at all: the new ingredients replacing aspartame have also been linked to cancer and other health problems, although no one seems to realize it.<\/p>\n