Soda industry sponsorships seem to be everywhere, and that’s no accident. Coke and Pepsi spend big money to keep health groups from taking a hard line against their products.
Tag: PepsiCo
Ask Quaker to Support GMO Labeling [petition]
Quaker Oats’ parent company – PepsiCo – has spent millions to stop GMO labeling initiatives. Let’s ask them to change their tune.
PepsiCo Swaps Artificial Sweetener in Diet Pepsi to Revive Slumping Sales
As consumers across the country are embracing healthier foods, PepsiCo announced that it’s removing aspartame, the controversial artificial sweetener in its popular Diet Pepsi soft drink. The company says it is switching to a sucralose-based sweetener, better known as Splenda, an artificial sweetener the company believes is less controversial than aspartame and could help declining sales rebound.
Sweetmyx: New Artificial Sweetener Approved, But is It Safe?
SweetMyx is the latest artificial sweetener to receive Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status, but how safe is it?
Pepsi Bottler Fails US Workers
One of Pepsi’s largest US bottlers, G&J Pepsi-Cola, faces $87,000 in US Labor Department OSHA penalties for exposing workers to repeat safety violations. According to an OSHA News Release, the U.S. [ … ]
It Was Just a Matter of Time: PepsiCo Ditches ‘Natural’ for ‘Simply’
In the tsunami-like wake of lawsuits filed against major food brands for misuse of the word “natural” to market unnatural synthetic and genetically modified ingredients in products like Wesson Oil and Pepperidge Farm’s Goldfish (which also don’t contain any goldfish if anyone else wants to jump in on another class action suit), PepsiCo has decided to drop its use of “natural” for a simpler word. Literally. “Simply.”
Doritos-Flavored Everything: The Latest in Terrible Food Trends
With both diet and regular soda sales slumping, it’s no surprise that Pepsico is looking at ways to capitalize on its other offerings. And it appears that its Frito-Lay division’s Doritos snacks may be the next terrible food trends. And it’s not one of the healthy restaurant trends that Mary talked about last month.
Coca-Cola Sued Again For False Advertising
The Coca-Cola Company is facing its third lawsuit in the last three months over the claims that its products do not contain preservatives and artificial flavors, despite containing phosphoric acid. [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Naked Juice Removes ‘All Natural’ Label Because Of GMOs
PepsiCo brand Naked Juice will stop using ‘all natural’ to describe its products after agreeing to settle a US class action suit for $9 million. Naked Juice: No More ‘all [ … ]
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 [ … ]
PepsiCo Removes Flame Retardant From Gatorade
It certainly is a week for beverage news reports. MINUTE MAID changed its fruit punch formulation to include an artificial sweetener. Mott’s Immunity Support Fruit Punch was sued for false advertising [ … ]
Pepsi Expanding Marketing to Teens and the Health Conscious
Recent reports declare Pepsi is modifying its products to appeal to the more health conscious consumer. Will the misinformed shopper buy into their marketing tactics?