Finally, Organic Coca-Cola

people will buy anything.....i bought blk water, and drank it because it was blk...let me tell you. you can definitely go back

How the heck can soda be "natural'? Its made in a lab for petes sake!

If I mix soil and water in a lab, can I no longer call it natural mud?

Well soil comes from the earth not a bunch of beakers and chemicals.

Soil and water are both chemicals.

And both could be put in beakers.


And most elements exist in nature.

See this is why definitions require context. Unfortunately, the FDA has not given a specific definition of "natural" for use in food labeling, so unless we're talking meat/dairy products, this label has absolutely no value. FDA definition of organic is better, but still has clarification issues. Then there's the broader layman's interpretation of "natural" i.e. occurs in nature, but generally speaking that is NOT what is meant when natural is used for food labels.

Ok, have to stop now, having flashbacks to arguments about the scientific definition of the term theory.

How the heck can soda be "natural'? Its made in a lab for petes sake!

If I mix soil and water in a lab, can I no longer call it natural mud?

Well soil comes from the earth not a bunch of beakers and chemicals.

Soil and water are both chemicals.

And both could be put in beakers.


And most elements exist in nature.

See this is why definitions require context. Unfortunately, the FDA has not given a specific definition of "natural" for use in food labeling, so unless we're talking meat/dairy products, this label has absolutely no value. FDA definition of organic is better, but still has clarification issues. Then there's the broader layman's interpretation of "natural" i.e. occurs in nature, but generally speaking that is NOT what is meant when natural is used for food labels.

Ok, have to stop now, having flashbacks to arguments about the scientific definition of the term theory.

:laugh:

I agree, definitions DO require context. When I hear people using buzzwords like "CHEMICALS!!!1" it drives me insane because it is just used to incite the image of volatile compounds being made in a lab that will melt your organs.

My brother just switched to Zevia, which is a line of stevia-sweetened sodas. He likes them, but they taste like they've been sweetened with cotton candy to me. Can't imagine this will be much different.