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アスパルテームは発ガン性物質として物議を醸しているが、韓国ではまだ使用されているのか?

▲대형마트 진열대에 아스파탐이 포함된 상품들이 진열돼 있다. (연합뉴스)

世界保健機関(WHO)が14日、砂糖代替の人工甘味料「アスパルテーム」を発がん性物質の可能性があるとして指定したことを受け、小売業界はプライベートブランド(PB)商品に代替品を使用することを検討している。


14日の業界によると、ロッテマート、イマート、ホームプラスなどの大手スーパーは、PB商品に使用されているアスパルテームの代替品を探している。


政府の判断は「現状のまま使用しても問題ない」というものだが、発がん性の可能性が指摘されているなど消費者心理も考慮したようだ。


同日、食品医薬品安全部は、FAO(国連食糧農業機関)・WHO(世界保健機関)の食品添加物合同専門家委員会(JECFA)が、アスパルテームは現在の消費量では安全性に問題はないと発表したことから、現行のアスパルテーム使用基準を維持する方針を明らかにした。


まず、ロッテマートのPB飲料にはアスパルテームを含む商品はなく、ポップコーンやスナック菓子など約10品目にアスパルテームが含まれている。ロッテマートも代替原料を探し、順次代替していく計画だ。


Eマートは、アスパルテームを含むゼロコーラやスパークリングエイドなどのノーブランド飲料5品目について、代替原料を探すための協議をパートナーとの間で完了した。ナチョチップスやチェダーチーズ味など6種類のスナック菓子にもアスパルテームが使用されており、その代替品について協議が行われている。


代替品の開発や製品の製造に時間がかかるため、在庫は販売を継続し、新製品は2ヶ月後に発売する。


ホームプラスのPB商品の中には、副原料としてアスパルテームを使用しているスナック菓子が10種類ほどある。これは社内の食品調査により確認された。


ホームプラスでは、今後の食品添加物基準の変更に伴い、安全性の見直しを継続し、一部原材料のアスパルテーム代替に向けた取り組みを継続する予定である。


しかし、自社PB商品以外の他社製品に含まれるアスパルテームについては、流通が介入することは難しい。


小売業界の担当者は「お客様の安全を第一に考え、安心・安全な購買環境を提供できるよう全力を尽くします」と話している。


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