UK: Asda wins aspartame court battle
By: just-food.com | 16 July 2009
Asda today (16 July) claimed a "victory for common sense" when a UK court dismissed Japanese ingredients firm Ajinomoto's lawsuit over Asda's description of the artificial sweetener aspartame as a "nasty".
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Asda today (16 July) claimed a "victory for common sense" when a UK court dismissed Japanese ingredients firm Ajinomoto's lawsuit over Asda's description of the artificial sweetener aspartame as a "nasty".
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