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: cane sugar, HFCS, pepsi, soda Posted in: Politics 
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New York City is Taking Us Back to 1984 with Its Soda Tax
New York City may institute an 18% sales tax on soda and other sugary drinks in order to combat growing obesity in the City–right now, one in four New Yorkers is obese. The new policy would create over $400 million per year in revenue. Officials say the money will go to creating health programs.  The tax seems more like a way [...]
December 19, 2008
Tags: nutrition, obesity, policy, soda, taxes Posted in: Health, Politics No Comments
Cane Sugar versus Corn Syrup or…Soda Economics and the Farm Bill
Christmas hasn’t even begun yet, and I’m already thinking about Passover (coming as soon as April 8th). Grocery stores start stocking up all all things kosher, which to me means extra tasty Dr. Pepper made with cane sugar instead of the regular corn syrup. Rabbi Levy explains, “Dextrose-base caramel, ordinarily used in both [regular and [...]
November 28, 2008
Tags: agriculture, Health, marketing, pepsi, policy, soda, subsidies Posted in: Health, Politics One Comment
