Stop Picking On Soda, Says American Beverage Association

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene started its new campaign against sweetened beverages.  In an effort to curb obesity by getting people to think about their caloric intake, posters ask “Are you pouring on the pounds?”

To many public health officials, soda and other sweetened beverages are the scourge of obesity.  They [...]

September 2, 2009  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Health, Politics  5 Comments

Pepsi To Begin Using Actual Sugar In Their “Throwback” Campaign

Beginning in April, PepsiCo is introducing Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback, “which features those brands formulated with sugar” (link). I love how using actual sugar is considered a “throwback” by the Pepsi Beverage Venders (PBV). Using the term throwback implies that we are technologically regressing. It’s as though using real sugar [...]

February 18, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Health, Science & Technology  4 Comments

Mexican Coke: Taste the Sugar Cane

A friend recently purchased an illicit bottle of Mexican Coca-Cola in these very United States.  Since distributing Mexican versions of soft drinks in the US can bring about severe litigation, I should not like to take chances with his liberty (link).  Thus, in order to protect his identity, he shall be named only by [...]

February 6, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Fun Food Facts  3 Comments

Pepsi Sues Distributor for Selling Mexican Pepsi in America

No Cane Sugar for You, No Cane Sugar for US
Pepsi is really serious about not letting people in the US taste the cane sugar version of their soda, except in very explicit conditions.    Pepsi is suing Clayton Distributing, a distributor in Atlanta, Georgia, for selling Mexican Pepsi.  PepsiCo alleges that Clayton Distributing, “violated trademark laws, committed [...]

January 7, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Politics  One Comment