Table 5.

Challenges in identifying products which contain aspartame.

Challenges Faced in Identifying If a Food, Drink or Medicine Contains Aspartame	Percentage Responses (%)	Number of Respondents Per Total Sample (n = 206)
Difficulties in Identifying Aspartame in Food or Drinks Consumed in Restaurants, Pubs, Cafes, Vending Machines	77	158
Similarities in Appearance of Non-Aspartame and Aspartame Containing Products	62	127
Time Taken to Identify if a Product Contains Aspartame	56	115
Unclear Labelling	55	114
Easy to Make Mistakes	44	91
Unable to Read the Writing on Food Labels (Writing too Small, too Shiny)	42	87
Lack of Knowledge about which Products Contain Aspartame	20	42
Have no Challenges	4	8
Other	3	7
Don’t Know	<1	1