Coke and Pepsi

YassSpartan

I remember the many debates about how good or not coke is for you, specially when it comes about diet coke. A few users quoted my reply as false, made up things, information that had no science in it, and that it was taken from websites that they considered to be useless.

Although I would rather believe whatever I want, and nothing this users said is part of it, here are some recent news about something they said it wasn't true. In other words, Coke and Pepsi rather change an ingredient in their product and avoid having the word "Cancer" printed on a can of soda, warning that there is a certain risk than being honest about it and probably lose quite a few consumers.

Coke - Pepsi Make Changes To Avoid Cancer Warning

Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning label.

The companies said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline their manufacturing processes. They've already been made for drinks sold in California.

The American Beverage Association, which represents the broader beverage industry, said its member companies will still use caramel coloring in certain products but that adjustments were made to meet California's new standard.

"Consumers will notice no difference in our products and have no reason at all for any health concerns," the association said in a statement.

A representative for Coca-Cola, Diana Garza Ciarlante, said the company directed its caramel suppliers to modify their manufacturing processes to reduce the levels of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, which can be formed during the cooking process and as a result may be found in trace amounts in many foods.

"While we believe that there is no public health risk that justifies any such change, we did ask our caramel suppliers to take this step so that our products would not be subject to the requirement of a scientifically unfounded warning," Garza-Giarlante said in an email.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group, in February filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of ammonia-sulfite caramel coloring.

A spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration said the petition is being reviewed.

But he noted that a consumer would have to drink more than 1,000 cans of soda a day to reach the doses administered that have shown links to cancer in rodents.

The American Beverage Association also noted that California added the coloring to its list of carcinogens with no studies showing that it causes cancer in humans. The listing was based on a single study in lab mice and rats.

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/story/2012-03-08/Coke-Pepsi-make-changes-to-avoid-cancer-warning/53416202/1