Coca-Cola and Pepsi are altering
the formula for their drinks to keep away from putting a cancer caution label
on the bottle, to meet the terms of California laws. The new recipe for caramel coloring in the drinks has less 4-methylimidazole - a chemical which California has included to its
list of carcinogens.
The modification to the formula has already been brought
in California. But the companies say rolling out the new formula across the US
makes the drinks well-organized to manufacture.
Diana Garza, Coca-Cola representative told the
news agencies that there is no public health issue that gives good reason for
such change. The Company took this step by asking its caramel suppliers so that
the products that are currently in the market would not be put to the requirement
of a recall or a scientifically unfounded warning.
According to a research the chemical has been connected
to cancer in mice and rats, but there is no report or proof that it causes any
health issue in Humans. The rumor about the cancerous chemical is faded away
after a confirmation by US Food and Drug authorities. According to them a
person would have to drink more than 1000 drinks of Coke or Pepsi to take in
the same quantity of that chemical.
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