Pepsi to cut sugary drinks from schools worldwide

[sabra]

Source: USA Today/AP

NEW YORK — Pepsi plans to remove full-calorie, sugary drinks from schools around the world in the next two years.

The company said Tuesday it will remove full-calorie, sweetened drinks from schools in more than 200 countries by 2012, marking the first such move by a major soft drink producer.

Both Pepsi (PEP), the world's second-biggest soft drink maker, and No. 1 player Coca-Cola adopted guidelines to stop selling sugary drinks in U.S. schools in 2006.

The World Heart Federation has been negotiating with soft drink makers to have them remove sugary beverages from schools for the past year as it looks to fight a rise in childhood obesity, which can lead to diabetes, heart problems and other ailments.

Pepsi's move is what the group had been seeking because it affects students through age 18, said Pekka Puska, president of the group, a federation of heart associations from around the world. He said he hopes other companies feel pressured to make similar moves.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2010-03-16-pepsicutsschoolsoda_N.htm

[LynneSin]

1. This is great and it's not like Pepsi doesn't have other products they can put in there

Pepsi has bottled waters, diet beverages,juices and teas. Just put the low (or no) sugar varieties in the machine and this is going to make a world of difference.

[jberryhill]

5. "Juices"

The things that can be labeled "juice" are amazing.

The basic ingredient is "reconstituted grape juice". This is white grape juice that has been reduced down to sugar, and then "reconstituted" with water. Then one adds a dash of flavoring vaguely resembling some other fruit, and you can sell it as "fruit juice".

It bears as much relation to juice taken from a fruit as my ass does to a field of lavender.

[tomm2thumbs]

7. there's a visual that's gonna linger

thanks grin

[Robb]

24. +1

[LynneSin]

9. I thought of that too although there are some made with 100% Juice

better yet, just skip the juices

[jberryhill]

16. That's the thing, they are allowed to put "100% Juice" on the label

Even if it is refined grape sugar or pear sugar and water, because they can call that "reconstituted juice" which the FDA considers to be juice.

They'll also put "no sugar added" on this stuff.

"Juicy Juice" in particular got slammed by the FDA recently, but they continue to be just on the edge of legal.

[LynneSin]

17. So it's like calling High Fructose Corn Syrup "All Natural" because at one time it was corn

I noticed that with my Lipton's 'All Natural' Pomegranate Red Tea - they count HFCS as 'Natural'

:grr:

Needless to say I don't drink it anymore.

[shanti]

18. yes

you definitely have to read labels now! and after being recently dx'd with diabetes, i do that everytime i shop! it's made a world of difference and i've lost over 20 pounds in 2 months!

[SoCalDem]

26. Sometimes it's apple juice as a base..(apples from China, perhaps)

What's wrong with water?..or unsweetened iced tea?

why does EVERYTHING have to be sweet? :shrug:

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. Does this mean they're leaving diet drinks in?

Donald Rumsfeld's favorite neurotoxin, aspartame might not make you fat like the high fructose corn poison does, but it will sure fuck you up in a number of other ways.

They should pull that crap too. Or just take the poison out of it, and use stevia, like both megacola companies said they were going to do two years ago.

[DumpDavisHogg]

8. Yes, the aspartame garbage stays

According to the article, Diet Pepsi will be sold in our schools.

[Amonester]

3. They Must Be Very Scared Of *future* Lawsuits

they R creepy capitalists after all

all that POISON they've been brainwashing *now* sick people

[jberryhill]

4. "sugary" - as if

I just returned from a trip abroad to a country in which Coca-Cola is still made with sugar instead of HFCS.

The taste difference is jarring.

I WISH Coca-Cola made "sugary" drinks in the US.

[Kingofalldems]

10. +1 on that

I bought some throwback Pepsi and the taste was awesome.

[Sebastian Doyle]

13. Coca Cola does make sugary drinks in the US

Unfortunately, they only make them once a year, and if you don't live in an area with a reasonably large Jewish population, you probably won't see it.


The Kosher Coke is on the left with the yellow cap. You'll notice the bottles are otherwise identical.


Coke does use yellow caps for game promotions at times, so look for the Hebrew script on the top of the cap.

If you don't have Kosher Coke available, there's always the Mexican Coke which you should be able to find at Costco. It may even be better than the Kosher stuff, because it still comes in glass bottles.

[quakerboy]

21. Everyone talks about mexican coke

But the glass bottles I find around here in the hole in the wall Mexican places, even the ones labeled in Spanish, are all made with HCFC's.

[LisaM]

25. You can get Mexican Coke in some places

It's the real thing.

[Svafa]

6. So now they're just going to pimp diet soft drinks instead?

Potential brain tumors are better than potential diabetes?

[im1013]

11. My thoughts exactly!!

:wtf:

[LynneSin]

19. Depends on what they are using - many products are moving to Sucralose (Splenda)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucralose#Health.2C_safety.2C_and_regulation

In a nutshell they have found it to be very safe unless extremely high quantities (the number was really ridiculously high). Even the American Diabetes Assoc. has ok'd the use of Sucralose.

[Xenotime]

12. Good. This is a wonderful thing that has plagued society for over 50 years.

[musiclawyer]

14. I would applaud if the stuff with fake sweeteners (neurotixins)

were out as well. This is good but only a half measure. Me thinks they know the bomb is about to drop on HFCS......... Sad they can't offer something with simple stevia sweetener to theirr list of iced teas and flavored waters. They would move even more product than they do now.

[shanti]

20. yes on STEVIA!

there are soft drinks with stevia in them, but they are $$$.

[Javaman]

15. And then replace them with sugary "fruit juices" that are so much better for the kids...

:sarcasm:

[Abq_Sarah]

27. People see the words

"Juice" or "fructose" and think that because it's *natural*, it's good for you.

If you want to get rid of the "sugary" drinks, or artificially sweetened drinks, you're limiting the choices to water or unsweetened tea.

[bitchkitty]

22. Oh, yay!

Now the kids can store up that nice aspartame in their brains along with readin', writin' and 'rithmatic!

And what passes for "juice" from these companies is pretty funny. Tang would be more nutritious.

[jberryhill]

23. Tang....

I drank more of that stuff than Buzz Aldrin when I was a kid.

[dkhbrit]

28. Disappointing

To see some of the sheer ignorance on here sometimes.

[jberryhill]

30. I wouldn't feed it to lab rats now, but...

....if you are disappointed with DU after 33 posts, perhaps you might find another forum.

[Art_from_Ark]

29. I would have Tang (and Quisp) for breakfast

and Space Food Sticks for lunch. I was gonna be an astronaut when I grew up!