Whether it’s misleading or false advertising, or wasteful packaging, there’s a lot wrong in the world of food and beverage advertising. But it’s not all bad.
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What If Coca-Cola Made An Honest Commercial?
Imagine if tobacco companies said they were doing something responsible to protect you. How would you respond to that? That’s one of the Coca-Cola obesity questions posed in a new You Tube Video: The Honest Coca-Cola Obesity Commercial.
“Nanofood” Products In Your Food? You Bet!
A new report by Friends of the Earth, Tiny Ingredients, Big Risks [PDF], documents a tenfold increase in unregulated, unlabeled “nanofood” products on the American market since 2008. Not surprisingly, [ … ]
Is Coca-Cola Vegan? Yes and No.
The Coca-Cola Company claims that the “vast majority” of their drinks are vegan. Is it true? Is Coca-Cola Vegan?
Coca-Cola Finally Eliminates Flame Retardant From Powerade
More than a year ago PepsiCo, makers of Gatorade, removed brominated vegetable oil (BVO), an ingredient that has been patented as a flame retardant, from its beverages. Coca-Cola, makers of Powerade, are [ … ]
Coca-Cola Sued For False ‘Healthy & Natural’ Advertising
Its almost laughable that Coca-Cola would try to use a ‘healthy and natural’ marketing tactic, but that’s what they did. Consumers are fighting back. According to Courthouse New Service, Coca-Cola [ … ]
Oxfam Slams Coke, Pepsi Sugar Land Grabs
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Associated British Foods are the world’s biggest producers and buyers of sugar are not doing enough to stop land grabs and conflicts in their supply chains, says Oxfam [ … ]
Coca-Cola Innovation: Made From Ice Bottles
Just when I thought beverage companies were all bad, bad, bad, I read about Coca-Cola’s new environmentally friendly bottles made from ice. Yes, that’s right, Coke has launched an ice [ … ]
Coca Cola for a Weight Loss: Stellar Vintage Healthwashing
Check out this vintage ad claiming that a daily bottle of Coke can help with weight loss!
MINUTE MAID Fails To Stop A False Advertising Lawsuit
Coca-Cola Co fails to convince the courts to set aside a consumer lawsuit filed against them for mislabeling Simply Orange, Minute Maid Premium and Minute Maid Pure Squeezed orange juice [ … ]
Kellogg’s, General Mills Among Oxfam’s Top 10 Food Bullies
A new Oxfam campaign published today, Behind the Brands: Food Companies Scorecard, ranks social policies of food and beverage companies and things aren’t looking good for the top 10 food companies [ … ]
Why MINUTE MAID Won’t Admit Its Fruit Punch Contains Artificial Sweetener
Does MINUTE MAID Premium Fruit Punch contain the artificial sweetener sucralose? It seems impossible to know. As a member of the Feingold Program (also known as the Feingold Diet) I receive periodic [ … ]