• badvertising

    Coke Never Advertised To Kids, Is "Wholesome"

    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: More »

    2:56 PM on Thu Oct 30 2008
    By Ben Popken
    14,225 views, 110 comments

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  • pepsi

    Get Your Drink On With Pepsi Blue Hawaii

    If Ice Cucumber Pepsi only left you nauseous for more, Pepsi has unveiled its "Blue Hawaii" flavor available only in Japan. The antifreeze-blue concoction delivers hints of pineapple and lemon which if consumed, will make you feel as if you have sailed into a heavenly island paradise, or something. Having fully recovered from his Ice Cucumber Pepsi review last year, reader Peter sacrifices himself for a video review of Pepsi Blue Hawaii. The video, inside... More »

    8:15 AM on Mon Jun 16 2008
    By Jay Slatkin
    4,387 views, 34 comments

    Latest by Gstein: @acknight: a few summers ago? methinks it's closer to 5 or 6 and i loved that stuff! more »

  • stupid

    Man Jailed After Forgetting Case Of Soda Underneath Shopping Cart

    UPDATE: This guy is a liar! He stole the Pepsi after he was past the check out, and has now admitted to making the whole story up for reporters. More »

    1:19 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
    By Meg Marco
    104,550 views, 254 comments

  • junk food

    Congress Set To Ban Soda, Junk Food From Schools

    Snickers and Cokes would be a thing of the past at school cafeterias and vending machines if the Senate approves an ambitious amendment from Senators Harkin (D-IA) and Murkowsky (R-AK). The amendment to the Farm Bill would establish strict federal guidelines limiting the sale of deliciously unhealthy treats brimming with sugar, salt, and fat.
    The nutrition standards would allow only plain bottled water and eight-ounce servings of fruit juice or plain or flavored low-fat milk with up to 170 calories to be sold in elementary and middle schools. High school students could also buy diet soda or, in places like school gyms, sports drinks. Other drinks with as many as 66 calories per eight ounces could be sold in high schools, but that threshold would drop to 25 calories per eight-ounce serving in five years.
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    3:45 PM on Sun Dec 2 2007
    By Carey
    3,681 views, 121 comments

    Latest by jomapivt: @smoothtom I don't think the Coke machine and the Doritos machine are put in schools by federal money. I do object more »

  • health

    Coke Expands Nutrition Label To Actually Make Sense

    I hate it when I'm eating a bunch of crackers and I look on the box and the serving size is like "3 crackers" and all the calories and nutrition info are based on this absurdly small number. So I was glad to turn over my bottle of Coke and see that they were including both a "Standard Serving" and a "This Package" label. On the left it shows how many calories and such are in a regular can. On the right it shows how much is in the bottle. It's nice that there's a comparison. It's also nice that they're not giving the nutrition info as if someone was going to drink from the bottle at two and a half different meals. Let's see this spirit of packaging transparency leveraged across the entire food industry.

    2:52 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
    By Ben Popken
    6,107 views, 59 comments

    Latest by Murph1908: @morganlh85: Uh, yeah. But I have never heard of rounding 240 to 250. Or 87.5 to 75. more »

  • debate

    Should Soda Makers Stop Marketing To Kids Under 16?

    The Center For Science In The Public Interest (CSPI), and the International Association of Consumer Food Organizations (IACFO). have joined together to start the "Global Dump Soda" campaign. More »

    12:59 PM on Mon Oct 29 2007
    By Meg Marco
    1,660 views, 38 comments

  • non-alcoholic

    Target Cards You For Buying Jones Soda

    Reader Daniel would like to let us know that the Target in Huntsville, AL thinks Jones Soda is alcoholic, and they're going to need to see some ID. More »

    2:38 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007
    By Meg Marco
    7,602 views, 72 comments

  • your health

    New Cancer Worries For Diet Soda Drinkers

    A new study on the effects of low daily doses of the artificial sweetener aspartame shows a statistically significant increase in leukemia, lymphoma and breast cancer in rats. Consumer advocates are calling for the FDA to take another look at the safety of aspartame in light of the study, but the FDA seems uninterested. More »

    7:24 PM on Tue Jun 26 2007
    By Meg Marco
    37,627 views, 72 comments

    Latest by wiser: @MonkeyMonk: Splenda has not been approved by the FDA. Instead they have classified it as a food additive so more »

  • plastic food

    Sodium Benzoate Messes With Mitochondria?

    A new study shows that a common ingredient in soda has the potential to mess up your mitochondria. No, it's not the plot of Parasite Eve. From the Independent:
    [An] expert in ageing at Sheffield University, who has been working on sodium benzoate since publishing a research paper in 1999, has decided to speak out about another danger. Professor Peter Piper, a professor of molecular biology and biotechnology, tested the impact of sodium benzoate on living yeast cells in his laboratory. What he found alarmed him: the benzoate was damaging an important area of DNA in the "power station" of cells known as the mitochondria.
    Ok, we know its hard to take news seriously when it comes from a guy named Peter Piper, but sodium benzoate is no joke. It's in a lot of beverages. Coke, Pepsi, 7 Up, you name it. Constant readers will remember it as one half of the recent "sodium benzoate plus vitamin C = benzene = cancer" debacle. —MEGHANN MARCO More »

    3:29 PM on Tue May 29 2007
    By Meg Marco
    4,240 views, 27 comments

    Latest by Longevity: Thank you for your interesting story! I thought perhaps you may interested in this related ongoing discussion: Longevity Science: Soft Drinks Linked more »