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Pepsi, Coke, FRS “Energy” Drinks—Nothing more than Snake Oil?

September 17th, 2010. By janem

If it weren’t for lobbyists such as Public Citizen, Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co. would rule the world. Or at least control everything we consume. Hmm, I guess that does mean ruling the world.

I recently read an article in the NYT about Plumpy’nut—an edible paste comprised of peanuts, vitamins and calories—that is given to starving children and is believed by many to solve worldwide malnutrition. In fact it has been credited with greatly decreasing mortality rates in Africa during famines. Wouldn’t you know that the all-reaching arm of Pepsi wants part of the action!

According to the Times, Pepsi recently talked about playing “a more decisive role” in bringing ready-to-use foods to needy populations. The article refers to three nutritionists who warned that Pepsi-branded therapies could become “potent ambassadors for equivalently branded baby foods, cola drinks and snack foods.” This is precisely what Nestle did years ago when it muscled into the baby formula market in India. Baby formula was given to young mothers in hospitals, right after they gave birth, and guess what? They were given the formula for too long, they couldn’t produce breast milk so they had to buy Nestle’s stuff.

Anyway, back to Pepsi and how my rant began…

I was looking into the “FRS healthy energy drink” made by the good people at FRS Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Coca-Cola, Energy Drinks, FRS company, Pepsi, VitaminWater
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Flies, Frogs or Rodent Hair in food? Here’s what to do…

September 4th, 2009. By AbiK

The recent news of frog (toad?) remains in Fred DeNegri’s Diet Pepsi sounded less than appetizing. But I imagine “alarming” would be the more appropriate word for it if you were sitting in Fred’s shoes sipping back that fizz-laden refresher and…WHAM! Frog in your face!

Most of us (ok, me) would’ve hurled the can across the lawn and screamed a few high-pitched obscenities. But, let’s step back a moment—just what are you supposed to do? Who do you call? How do you call Pepsi (or its bottler) to task? The DeNegri’s had enough sense to do the right thing, but many of us don’t.

Here’s a little primer on “who you gonna call?” when something’s in your food or drink that shouldn’t be… Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: FDA, food safety, Pepsi
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Hopping Mad at Pepsi Over Frog in Can

September 4th, 2009. By Hunter West

Amy DeNegri is hopping mad at Pepsi. You would be too, if you found the remains of a disemboweled frog (or perhaps a toad) in your can of soda. Imagine the feeling, the taste, and the horror of popping open a can of something that has been hermetically sealed so that not even an organism can get in, let alone a frog, and finding more than you bargained for? 

That’s what happened to Amy’s husband. Fred cracked open a fresh can of his favorite refreshment in the backyard while tending the BBQ. Something any of us would do. And no one would expect what greeted Fred when he took that long, first swig. 

What did it taste like? He didn’t say. But it was bad enough that he gagged. You would too, given that the Diet Pepsi he took into his mouth had, for an incalculable period of time, been working to corrode and decompose a frog that had somehow wandered or was pushed into the can.  Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Frog, Pepsi
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