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Coca-Cola to Phase Out Toxic Sodium Benzoate in the U.K.

9/15/2008 - (NaturalNews) The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it is in the process of phasing out the use of food additive sodium benzoate in the United Kingdom, after a number of studies have linked it to a wide variety of health problems. Coca-Cola said...

Coca-Cola Exploring Chinese Medicine for Beneficial Nutrients

3/6/2008 - (NaturalNews) The Coca-Cola Company has announced the launch of a new project designed to devise ingredients for beverages from traditional Chinese medicines. Coca-Cola has established a permanent research center in Beijing, at the China Academy of Chinese...

Coca-Cola's "Dasani" bottled water under fire from consumer groups over tap water source

11/6/2007 - Coca-Cola's "Dasani" brand bottled water product is under fire this week with a global effort to shame the company into admitting the truth about the source of its Dasani water. What truth? That Dasani water comes from tap water -- the same stuff used...

Coca-cola to build plastics recycling plant in effort to appear more green

10/10/2007 - (NaturalNews) The Coca-Cola Company has announced plans for a $60-million initiative to give itself a "greener" image, including the construction of a $44-million plastic-bottle recycling plant. The 30-acre plant, to be built in Spartanburg, S.C.,...

Coca-cola workers convicted in conspiracy plot to sell formula secrets to Pepsi

10/5/2007 - (NaturalNews) Three employees of The Coca-Cola Company have been convicted by a federal court on charges of conspiracy to steal and sell the company's private trade secrets. According to CNN, "all three are charged with wire fraud and unlawfully stealing...

New negative calorie 'Enviga' soda falsely advertised and may actually make some people fatter, charges CSPI

3/9/2007 - (NaturalNews) A new soda claiming it reduces calories was doubted to be effective upon its official release in October 2006, and now a public nutrition and health advocacy group is suing over false advertising. The soda is called Enviga, a caffeinated...

CSPI threatens lawsuit against Coca-Cola for "fraudulent" weight loss claims over Enviga beverage

12/11/2006 - (NaturalNews) The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has decided to serve notice on Coca-Cola and Nestlé -- the companies behind the beverage Enviga -- stating that both companies are marketing the drink using calorie-burning and weight...

Coca-Cola jumps on green tea bandwagon, launches Enviga beverage with negative calorie claims

10/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) On Wednesday, soft drink giant Coca-Cola announced its new carbonated, "negative-calorie" green tea product Enviga, to be produced in partnership with Nestle. Coca-Cola has said three 12-ounce servings of Enviga will burn 60 to 100 calories...

Coca-Cola pays doctor who claims soda has no link to obesity, diabetes

9/5/2006 - (NaturalNews) The effect of soft drinks on the world's growing obesity epidemic is a hot-button issue among scientists and the industry itself, and that link was the main subject of a world congress that met Monday in Sydney, Australia. According to...

Bush Administration's pushing of Coca-Cola in India smacks of economic imperialism (opinion)

8/22/2006 - In the run up to the 2004 election, the George W. Bush presidential campaign received more than $380,000 from the Coca-Cola company and its affiliates. That "investment" of influence seems to be paying off nicely for Coca-Cola today as the Bush Administration...

Coca-Cola banned at UK university as awareness of pesticide content spreads

8/21/2006 - (NaturalNews) The U.K. Students Against Coca-Cola group called for a nationwide student boycott of Coca-Cola in Britain Saturday, according to the Independent. The University of Sussex is the first to adopt the ban. Other British campuses are expected...

India threatened by business interests: Sell Coke and Pepsi, or your economy will suffer

8/11/2006 - (NaturalNews) After a Center for Science and Environment study found 24 times the acceptable level of pesticides in soda sold in India, a few state governments acted quickly to ban the big name soft drinks -- Coca-Cola and PepsiCo -- but the country's...

Soda Deal for Schools Is Weak on Marketing and Enforcement, Says Commercial Alert (press release)

7/25/2006 - Following is the reaction of Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial Alert, to the agreement negotiated by former President Bill Clinton with Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo to remove non-diet soft drinks from schools across the country....

Coca-Cola rewards program may be hazardous for children, says weight loss instructor

7/14/2006 - (NaturalNews) A St. Louis weight loss instructor is suing Cola-Cola over their "My Coke Rewards" program. Julia Harvey says the program could persuade children to drink hazardous quantities of the product. The program rewards Coca-Cola consumers with...

Fast food giants prey on parents' gullibility to sell unhealthy food to children

7/13/2006 - Many experts name Ray Kroc, founder of the McDonald's franchise, and Walt Disney as the pioneers of child-focused marketing, since they first recognized children as a separate marketing demographic from adults in the 1960s. For Kroc and Disney, the decision...

Human rights alert: Coca-Cola suppliers buy materials from El Salvador companies that practice child labor

2/27/2006 - In terms of human rights and ecology, the Coca-Cola Company seemingly keeps digging itself into a PR hole. The company just can't seem to anger activists enough. It's been accused of privatizing and monopolizing Africa's natural water supply, sucking...

The unauthorized history of Coca-Cola (satire)

1/14/2005 - Coca-cola was originally promoted as a drink "offering the virtues of coca without the vices of alcohol." Until 1903, a typical serving contained 60mg of cocaine. Today, it still contains an extract of coca leaves. The Coca-Cola Company imports eight...

Soft drink company marketing tactics: the experts sound off

1/8/2005 - This is a compilation of quotes about soft drink company marketing tactics from some of the leading authors on health, food marketing and food politics. This full list, and much more information, is included in The Five Soft Drink Monsters downloadable...

Sugar industry denies links between sugars and obesity

10/24/2004 - Given everything we now know to be true about sugar and high-fructose corn syrup, I find it absolutely stunning that the sugar industry continues to deny any link whatsoever between the consumption of sugar and chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes....

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