[Avodah] diet coke

[Eli Turkel]

<<Sucralose (including the brand name "Splenda"), and aspartame (such as
"Equal") are generally made from corn syrup.

So, if:

1- Your variant of the minhag includes categories, not species (so that
  corn is included despite not being known by Ashkenazim when the minhag
  started), and
2- you are noheig to avoid mei qitniyos (which seems to be implied by
  the Rama), then the two leading artificial sweeteners are out.>>

As the article from Prof. Stevens indicated the question is kitniyot
nenishtanu.
The corn is not made directly into oil and has undergone many changes
until it is aspartame. Furthermore it is is certainly batel.

-- 
Eli Turkel
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