Asda SmartPrice Bolognese Sauce

A question about : Asda SmartPrice Bolognese Sauce

Is this OK to eat? I noticed it has Saccharin (which is apparently cancerous) listed as an ingredient and wondered if people think it's OK?

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• Well i use it and im still around to tell the tale I always add a glub of tomato puree to it though because its a bit watery and not very tomatoey. The puree does the trick though x
• You ask a very good question!
  There are still people around today that remember cigarettes being sold as a healthy product. Yes, we can all laugh about it now but the fact is nobody knows what the long term effects are of artificial sweeteners.
  My own personal view and admittedly I can afford to take this stance is to avoid anything artificial. Its also worth remembering that manufacturers use these cheap artificial products to improve their profit margins not to make a healthier or more nutritious, tasty product.
• But a tin of tomatoes and start to make your own and then you will know what goes into your sauce.
  If you are that concerned that is.
• No, they sell it purely to keep the population down.
• Circa 1999-2001 I worked in a food processing plant. We were making pasta sauces. I have stopped buying processes pasta sauces, after seeing what there was in it. But if you don't mind eating chemicals, go ahead.
• Dont believe all you read. My Dad is 61, never smoked, ate healthily, no added preservatives or general carp, ran every day, had a 6 pack still in late 50s and has cancer. My Grandad has always had sweetners (for my 30 years I know of) which contain it, eaten badly, smoked like a chimney for 50 years and he's 90 in July.
• Most basic tomato sauce for Bolognese - buy the Smartprice Tin tomatoes or passata and even add half of the ingredients above on that recipe - dynamite. I usually just use a Smart price Passata, couple handfuls of frozen cut onions and peppers.
• Don't bother adding any sugar or sweetener to a Bolognase. Make your own using tinned tomatoes or passata (approx 35p from Asda), an onion, a bit of garlic and some dried italian herbs. Much healthier than a sweetened pre-made sauce.