Is it true that when you mix sweet & low with a hot drink that the ingridients in sweet & low are changed into the same ingridients that make up perservatives, meaning the same liquid that is in a jar perserving a dead frog you would see in science class? My aunt who is a scientist said that this was true but I can't believe it! People actually go around drinking this? She also said that it was in the bottled Tropicana Lemonades as well.
2007-05-17 10:23:47 · 2 answers · asked by ladyusc229 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
The artificial sweetener aspartame breaks down to form methanol, which is metabolized into formaldehyde, the chemical used to preserve biological specimens. The amount is small, of course, but it's not a pleasant thought.
2007-05-17 13:59:11 · answer #1 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking it could be (since she's a scientist she'd know), but I'm no expert on it and maybe she's pulling your leg. idk.
2007-05-17 10:42:16 · answer #2 · answered by bRiLa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋