Woolworth"s REMOVES Aspartame from shelves


	Woolworth"s REMOVES Aspartame from shelves

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7-9-2009 8:06 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/06fbc698-dd2b-4e71-bd0c-102580b82469/688BF6C9-439D-4F2A-AF2A-AA5052337FE3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.opednews.com/articles/South-Africa-Woolworth-s-R-by-Stephen-Fox-090702-433.html" href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/South-Africa-Woolworth-s-R-by-Stephen-Fox-090702-433.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.opednews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.opednews.com/articles/South-Africa-Woolworth-s-R-by-Stephen-Fox-090702-433.html"><P class="articletitle"><A href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/South-Africa-Woolworth-s-R-by-Stephen-Fox-090702-433.html">South Africa Woolworth's Removes Aspartame</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.opednews.com/articles/South-Africa-Woolworth-s-R-by-Stephen-Fox-090702-433.html"><H3><FONT face="Verdana" size="2" _moz-rs-heading=""><STRONG>Food democracy gets a boost from Woolies with the removal of aspartame </STRONG></FONT></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.opednews.com/articles/South-Africa-Woolworth-s-R-by-Stephen-Fox-090702-433.html"><FONT face="Verdana" size="2">Food democracy, the growing trend whereby consumers are flexing their muscles and influencing decisions made by big food retailers and producers, is finding a foothold in South Africa.The first big retailer to pay close attention to what customers are saying, is Woolworths. In fact, it's in response to requests from customers that Woolworths has become the first South African retailer to remove aspartame from its foods.  
</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.opednews.com/articles/South-Africa-Woolworth-s-R-by-Stephen-Fox-090702-433.html"><FONT face="Verdana" size="2">"Quite a number of our customers have expressed their concern about these sweeteners. They've let us know that they don't want them in their food," explains Woolworths Food Divisional Director Julian Novak.   
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