Economy down but soda bubbles alongFor a few years there Americans were turning to healthy and energy drink alternatives. But the recession came and with it a sharp increase in soft drink sales, up 2.5% in 2009.
Soft drinks
$1 Coke? Still a rip-off
Soft drinks dispensed from fountains and machines (like you get at pubs and the movies) are an absolute price-gouge, Wallet Pop explains: it costs Coke $2.60 to manufacture enough syrupy goop for 50,000 drinks.
Soda pop not that soft: fizzy drinks linked to pancreatic cancer
It’s time to wake up, smell the (unsweetened) coffee and act on sugar before we sentence even more Australians to death by pancreatic cancer.
Why fructose-laden drinks when there’s a healthy option on tap?
In the name of getting enough water, Australia’s school canteens are selling kids a drink sweetened with 21g of pure fructose. When did we become a nation requiring constant hydration, anyway?
The soft drink wars heat up
Discussion about the soft drink industry’s recent forays into public health is heating up, with PepsiCo, the Cancer Council, obesity experts and a host of others weighing-in.
Drinking with the enemy: the soft drink marketing wars
Soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are locked in a neck-and-neck battle to become new best friends of public health. It’s what you do when your industry is facing flak as an enemy of public health, writes Melissa Sweet.
Still sweet for sugar in fat, slumbering Australia
Big Sugar in the United States is spending vast streams of cash to defend sugary drinks in the debate around soft drink and obesity — but at least they’re having a debate.
Video of the Day: The soft drink supermarket
Meet John Nese, the man who stocks 500 soft drink flavours, including cucumber soda. Now that’s freedom of choice.
NYC goes hard on soft drinks
New York City’s health department has launched a new ad campaign warning New Yorkers from “pouring on the pounds” with sugary beverages, in an effort to tackle rising obesity rates. Predictably, the American Beverage Association is not a fan.
Does soft drink taste better in a bottle or can?
Bottles or cans — most of us have a preference for our carbonated beverage of choice and swear we can taste the difference. But can we really? Slate explains the difference — or lack thereof — between the two containers.
Bottled water ban may have soft drinks industry smiling
We’re not fans of bottled water or its environmental toll, but it’s not difficult to imagine that banning its sale might have unintended consequences, write Melissa Sweet and Professor Kerin O’Dea.
