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Coca-Cola To Meet Dieters Halfway With Mid-Calorie Sprite & Fanta
Several years after abandoning its mid-calorie "C2" version of Coke, Coca-Cola has confirmed reports it will be dipping its toes into the not-quite-sugar-free pool again by testing mid-calorie editions of both Sprite and Fanta.
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Coca-Cola On Woman's Death: You Could Die From Drinking Too Much Water, Too
There's not a doctor out there (we hope) who would say drinking two gallons of Coca-Cola a day is good for your health, but did it contribute to a New Zealand woman's death? Coca-Cola would like to note that even too much water can be deadly. So, there's that.
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Family Claims Coca-Cola Owes Them 1.8 Million Shares For Old Stock Certificate
Like something straight out of
Antiques Roadshow (aka the show that makes you want to rip apart your attic every time someone gets a surprise windfall), the family of a man who passed away a few years ago claims Coca-Cola owes them 1.8 million shares, worth around $130 million, of the company after coming upon a stock certificate the man bought at a garage sale.
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Dunkin' Donuts Breaks Up With Pepsi To Go Steady With Coke
If your world actually does run on Dunkin', you may notice a bit of a change at your local chain. The company announced Monday that they're switching from offering PepsiCo products to Coca-Cola in all Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins in the U.S.
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It's Time To Get Your HFCS-Free Kosher-For-Passover Coke & Pepsi!
The Jewish holiday of Passover is coming up, which means that Coca-Cola and Pepsi put out special versions of their signature beverages that contain regular old sugar and not high fructose corn syrup.
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Coke Clarifies That It Is Not Changing Its Recipe In Wake Of Study
Quit your whining, Coca-Cola aficionados — the company is not changing its recipe for Coke after a consumer group study claimed the caramel color they use causes cancer. While they're disputing the study, they are also clarifying that they're just asking caramel suppliers to modify their processes in making the color.
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The United Arab Emirates Will Not Stand For The Grocery Shrink Ray
When Coke and Pepsi cans sold in the United Arab Emirates were shrink rayed from 355 milliliters (about 12 ounces) to 300 mL (about 10 ounces) while the price remained the same, it wasn't just customers who complained. The government noticed, too, and is removing the offending cans from store shelves. Those wacky foreigners!
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Coca-Cola Reveals It Blew The Whistle On Orange Juice Contamination
When
word broke that the Food and Drug Administration had halted orange juice shipments to check for a potentially harmful fungicide, the government was mum on which company found evidence that triggered the reaction. Now Coca-Cola solved the mystery by confirming it was responsible for spotting carbendazim — an illegal fungicide believed to cause infertility — in a shipment from Brazil.
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Coke's Secret Formula Moved To Atlanta Museum
For the first time since 1925, Coca-Cola has moved its secret recipe out of a bank vault, and put it on display in the company's World of Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta. But "on display" doesn't exactly mean visible, since the exhibit includes its own vault, which is about all visitors will be able to see.
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Coca-Cola Nixes Those White Holiday Cans That Freaked Everyone Out
You have grumbled, railed and complained against stark white soda cans and it seems Coca-Cola is listening, as they've announced they'll return normal red Christmas cans next week.
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