Posted on 02/26/2020 6:51:14 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
We’re OK now, but officials at Coca-Cola said if the coronavirus continues to spread, there could be an impact on how much Diet Coke and other low-cal drinks are available.
The sugar alternatives Coke uses in Diet Coke and its other zero-sugar drinks have been delayed, the company said in its annual report released Monday, CNN reported.
But the good news is, the company has started its contingency supply plans to cover the short-term impact.
“However, we may see tighter supplies of some of these ingredients in the longer term should production or export operations in China deteriorate,” Coke said in the filing, according to CNN.
The ingredient that could be impacted by the virus is sucralose, also known as Splenda, which is used in not only in some Diet Coke variants, but also Powerade Zero. It is sourced from suppliers in both the US and in China, CNN reported. But the company did not specify what exactly could be delayed.
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Who owns coke and is hoping for a run on coke?
One more good reason not to consume soft drinks.
Oh the horror!
IBPC
(In Before Pearl Clutchers)
It's China's fault if I get fat!
Categorized under “of all the stupid things to worry about.”
Diet Coke is literal poison, and I wish President Trump would stop drinking them.
That’s the best thing that will come out of all this. Diet soda is a disaster for the body.
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=diet+sodas++mercola%5C
Someone get the word out to the Presidents. His health advisor is not doing his or her job.
No good company is totally dependent upon one supplier or one source. Supply chains can be re-routed, substitute ingredients or parts can be sourced, or we will just make it here.
Remember saccharin? That wonderful sugar substitute in diet sodas that "caused cancer" if you drank 200 cans of soda a day? Well, it's still around...so get ready folks...say goodbye to Diet Coke but hello to your new old friend....
Brings up a good point though...good companies have a back up plan for critical parts.
He doesn’t smoke or drink alcohol, probably the best of the three to omit. :-)
There was a time in my life not too long ago, say a little over a year, where this news would be terrifying to me.
But now all I drink is water, unsweet tea, milk and coffee.
Now if there is coffee interruptions, there will be blood.
I still buy Tab when I can find it. I love it.
Coca-Cola is a publicly traded company. They are not owned by another entity.
I am OK with a diet Coke shortage as I do not drink any diet sodas whatsoever.
When they start messing with bacon, that’s when I get involved!
I’m in trouble if diet cokes are in short supply.
Thank you, Mayor Bloomberg!
I've long considered that it is funnier than the Stooges to watch some morbidly obese broad drinking Diet Coke and justifying it to herself...
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