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Hey North America: Why Aren't You Buying 20 Oz Bottles Of Coke?
Oh no! You know there's something wrong with the economy when people stop buying (comparatively) expensive 20 oz bottles of Coke. The Wall Street Journal says that sales of Coke's biggest profit-maker are down and its affecting the company's bottom line. More »
stunts
Dr Pepper Promises Free Soda For Almost Everyone In US If Axl Rose Will Release "Chinese Democracy" This Year
Yeah, it's a PR stunt—but a funny one, especially because the only two people excluded by Dr Pepper's pledge are "estranged GNR guitarists Slash and Buckethead." Someone in the Dr Pepper PR department really likes Axl Rose. Rose says neither he nor his label are in cahoots with Dr Pepper, and that he'd share his drink with Buckethead because "some of Buckethead's performances are on our album." More »
health
Rise In Gout Blamed On Fructose In Soft Drinks
Gout sounds like something characters in Dickens novels get, but apparently it's a modern affliction as well—at least in the U.S. where the number of cases has doubled in the past few decades. Now researchers are saying that "Men who consume two or more sugary soft drinks a day have an 85% higher risk of gout compared with those who drink less than one a month." 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 »
new and exciting products
New High-Tech Sprite Makes Its Own Ice When Opened
Do you like half-frozen Sprite? Move to the UK. That's where Coca-Cola Company is debuting "Sprite Super Chilled." More »
your health
Are Food Additives Making Your Kids Hyperactive?
A new study suggests that food additives such as the commonly used preservative sodium benzoate may cause children to become hyper. More »
coke
Enviga Study In Obesity Bought And Paid For
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Full Copy Of Coke's "Fat-Burning" Enviga Study
We've got a a copy of the study Coke based its controversial fat-burning claims for Enviga, the quaintly titled, "Effect of a Thermogenic Beverage on 24-Hour Energy Metabolism in Humans." The study, published in the February issue of Obesity, says it, More »
soft drinks
Shocker: Enviga Doesn't Actually Burn Calories
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Vlasic Expects You To Only Eat 1/4 Of A Pickle More »
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Pepsi Snitches on Coca-Cola Trade Secrets Thief
The wonderful world of industrial soft-drink espionage. Three employees of Coca-Cola Inc. are under arrest for attempting to sell trade secrets (and a sample of a new drink — what can they add cherry and vanilla to this time?) to rival Pepsi. More »
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