DailyDirt: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing…
from the urls-we-dig-up dept
The Cola Wars have been over for a long time. As usual in war, there are no real winners — just a lot of wasted spending. Now that we’re giving peace a chance, here are just a few lingering concerns over these dark-colored soft drinks.
- Coca-Cola and Pepsi are going to modify their recipes a little bit to reduce the amount of caramel coloring and 4-methylimidazole in their colas. Otherwise, a California law would require a cancer warning label since the 4-methylimidazole in the coloring is a known carcinogen. [url]
- There was a fairly complex conspiracy theory behind the introduction of New Coke which suggested that Coca-Cola knew how badly the new formulation would taste to consumers, but that the company made it in order to replace sugar with HFCS. Bonus points for definitively debunking this conspiracy theory… [url]
- If you’ve ever seen a demonstration of a can of cola dissolving teeth, you might be a bit freaked out by the phosphoric acid listed in the ingredients of many sodas. But the dose makes the poison, and the concentration of phosphoric acid in soft drinks shouldn’t worry anyone. [url]
- To discover more food-related links, check out what’s floating around in StumbleUpon. [url]
By the way, StumbleUpon can also recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.
Filed Under: cancer, caramel, coke, cola wars, formulation, phosphoric acid, poison, soda, teeth
Companies: coca cola, pepsi
Comments on “DailyDirt: I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing…”
cancerous caramel colouring?
how many candy bars will have to get a new warning label?
HFCS was introduced by Coke in 1975 – ten years before New coke.
Re: Re:
Because of US laws raising the price of sugar which are still in place to protect domestic corn industry.
Re: Re: Re:
[citation needed]
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola
Re: Re:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2011/12/coca-cola-moves-secret-formula/
except Coca-cola claims that its formula remained the same for 125 years… until new Coke. not sure when they admit to using HFCS?
You can’t debunk conspiracy theories.
Or rather, you can, as has been done with this one many times, but the conspiracists will ignore you.