Chile – Why adding warning labeling on foods containing sweeteners is in the right direction, according to the evidence?

Marcela Reyes and María Luisa Garmendia, professors at INTA of the Universidad de Chile and CIAPEC researchers, were the researchers responsible for the FONIS “Consumption of non-caloric sweeteners in infants, preschoolers and adolescents of medium-low income after the implementation of Law 20.606”. In this article, they provide the available evidence to support the proposal of the Ministry of Health to implement a warning legend on packaged foods containing non-caloric sweeteners.