As part of its ongoing efforts to “help consumers balance calories consumed with calories expended,” Coca-Cola plans to roll out a 90-calorie can later this year. The 7.5-ounce can will include about 5 1/2 teaspoons of sugar (or high-fructose corn syrup), and may sell for about 50 cents per can.
New Coke Labels Show How Many Empty Calories You're Drinking
By October 2, 2009
Coca-Cola is getting ready to roll out new labels that will prominently display the calorie count for each bottle or can. “Now more than ever, people expect facts about the products they consume to be both readily available and visible,” said CEO Muhtar Kent. What facts won’t be on those labels? Any information about where the calories come from, like, say, high fructose corn syrup, is relegated to its traditional spot in the Nutrition Facts box. But with most non-diet sodas, the math is pretty easy: If the label says 100 calories, that’s pretty much 100 calories of sugar or corn syrup.
Coke CEO: Soda Taxes Are Communist Conspiracy To Sap Our Precious Bodily Fluids
By September 16, 2009
Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent has lashed out at a proposed federal tax on soda as “outrageous” and something akin to the policies that landed former Communist regimes in the dustbin of history. “I have never seen it work where a government tells people what to eat and what to drink,” he said. “If it worked, the Soviet Union would still be around.”
Coke Is Going Retro-Futuristic With New Bottles
By August 24, 2009
Look at Coke, getting all futuristic. First with these soda machines and now with these snazzy new bottles, spotted by the Orange County Register.
New Futuristic Coke Machine: Possibly Greatest Invention Ever
By August 6, 2009
Coke is testing a new fountain drink machine that contains such advanced science, we believe that they are in league with Marty McFly. Inside, we have two videos of this miraculous machine in action.
Pepsi VS Coke Logo Evolution
By July 29, 2009
Some mystery genius put together a comparison of the logo evolution of Pepsi Vs. Coke. Enjoy.
Move To Japan So You Can Drink Veggie Pepsi, Or Green Tea Coke
By June 6, 2009
Two new cola taste sensations are set to hit the vending machines of Japan, and no, you can’t either. They’re Green Tea Coke and Shiso-flavored Pepsi. Who in the what now?
Coca Cola Tells $10,000 Winner He Did Not Win; Gives Him $500 Instead
By May 25, 2009
A Connecticut limo driver with six kids was thrilled to discover he had won $10,000 in scholarship funds in a new Coca Cola sweepstakes. He even got a message from Coke congratulating him on his win. Turns out it wasn’t The Real Thing after all: the message was an error, triggered by a promo test. He hadn’t won a cent, because the “Twist and Text” contest didn’t actually start for another three weeks.
Pepsi Sues Coke For False Advertising, Demands Recall Of Sports Drink
By April 17, 2009
Pepsi is suing Coke over claims that their new sports drink, Powerade Ion4, is “more complete” than their own Gatorade.
'My Coke Rewards' Program Grows Authentically Smaller, Less Rewarding
By February 3, 2009
If you have a large number of points you better use them in the next few weeks, or be content with getting a large amount of Coke-branded clothing.
Coke Finally Removes "Classic" From Its Label
By January 30, 2009
In 1985, Coke added the word “classic” to its label when it brought back the original formula of the soft drink following the abject failure of its “New Coke” experiment. Now, finally, they are getting rid of it.
Teeny Bits Of Mercury Found In High Fructose Corn Syrup Foods
By January 27, 2009
Did Jeremy Piven eat 200 lbs of ketchup a day? According to a new study, which found trace amounts of mercury in a number of high-fructose-corn-syrup laden foods like Coke, Nutri-Grain Strawberry Cereal Bars and ketchup, maybe so.
By January 21, 2009
A woman in Sweden has been granted the right to seek inpatient treatment for her Coke addiction — no, not that kind. Coca-Cola. [MomLogic]
Coke Sued Over VitaminWater Claims
By January 15, 2009
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has announced a class-action lawsuit against Coca-Cola over its VitaminWater line, on the grounds that it makes deceptive claims about the nutritional benefits of its drinks.
FDA Is Not Impressed By Diet Coke Plus
By January 6, 2009
Last month, the FDA sent Coca-Cola a letter warning that their Diet Coke Plus (“it’s what plants crave”) violates FDA standards for products fortified with vitamins.
Coke Never Advertised To Kids, Is "Wholesome"
By October 30, 2008
I don’t have kids, but if I did, instead of breastfeeding them I would give them bottles of Coke. That’s because Coke is “wholesome.” And if they grew up drinking Coke, it would be because of the decisions I made and choices I taught them to take, because Coke has never advertised to kids. Both these “becauses” are supplied by Coca-Cola. See, Dr. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff spotted an ad page 1632 of the June 17th edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal that said:
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