Posted on 09/23/2014 8:44:16 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
Soda giants Coca Cola Co., PepsiCo and Dr. Pepper Snapple Group are getting together to urge Americans to stop drinking so many sugary drinks..
The beverage companies announced a new initiative Tuesday to reduce by 20% the number of beverage calories consumed per person in the U.S. by 2025.
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They could reduce it by nearly 100% if they only sold diet pop.
CC
Fewer subsidies for corn farmers?
This shows me that they are admitting that their diet versions leave a lot to be desired, otherwise they wouldn’t need to reduce the calories of their regular drinks.
They are falling for this gobelty gook do gooder crap hook, line and sinker. They will only kill their bottom line in the end.
Huge opening here for a smaller soda pop outfit to swoop in and steal a ton of market share.
Slurm!
If I had been an industry executive, I would have initiated something like this years ago. You can reduce sugar by 20% or more and still retain taste. Easily. My only concern about this is that somehow it’s another corporate effort to ingratiate themselves with or “partner” with government. In other words, more Obama-era fascism.
Hey, I’m down with that. I don’t drink a drop of their swill. I drink beer.
I drink water more than any other beverage but when I want a soda, Diet Mug or Diet A&W root beers suffice. And I wait for either to go on sale.
Best put yourselves out of business, then.
WHAT? No demand to de-CO2 their drinks? I also noticed the little bags of planters peanuts have a lot less salt in them now too. Not as good to me. Don’t know about others. But that’s just me.
Just get back to real sugar...and I’m good. Not syrup.
I am Type II diabetic, so drink diet or “zero” sodas. And, unless I’m working in the yard on a hot day, I consume the 20 oz. drink over a day or two or three, in sips, not all at once.
Just get back to real sugar...and I’m good. Not syrup.
Since a Coke has 140 calories, reducing it by 2025 would give a soda containing -1885 calories. A Pepsi has 150 calories, so reducing that by 2025 would yield a drink with -1875 calories. I’ve think they’ve hit on a good diet plan there; a couple of those and you can put down three Baconators and still lose weight.
just keep upping the damn prices. last few years soda costs have doubled or more. the sale prices now were higher prices a few years ago.
The big three;
1. ED drugs
2. Baldness cure, not yet
3. Still waiting on tasty diet soda
no, they know sucralose and aspartame are dangerous - and more so if the hotter the soda is allowed to get in storage - and they are looking to get away from them. they also don’t taste very good.
I hate the term “sugary drinks” the nanny left’s pet term for controlling our choices.
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