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Does diet rite soda have aspartame

This week, a freshly revamped Diet Pepsi—with the phrase “now aspartame free” on its silver label—will hit supermarket shelves nationwide. PepsiCo ditched the controversial sweetener aspartame in response to consumer demand, replacing it with sucralose, known by the brand name Splenda, and acesulfame potassium, or ace-K, both sweeteners thought to be safer. A study last… Read More »

More Losses At Rite Aid As New CEO Takes Charge

A Rite Aid store on Jonestown, Road in Harrisburg, PA Rite Aid photo Rite Aid reported $ 78 million in losses in the company’s fiscal second quarter amid a competitive reimbursement environment for prescription drugs in the early days for the drugstore chain’s new chief executive. Heyward Donigan, a longtime healthcare executive, last month replaced… Read More »