Coca-Cola to remove controversial drinks ingredient

BBC.com ^ | May 6, 2014 | BBC

[Red Badger]

I have to date myself. My wife won’t let me date anybody else!................

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Sugar is sugar.

[MNDude]

Hurray for sucrose acetate isobutyrate and glycerol ester of rosin!

[Celtic Conservative]

Mexican coke in glass bottles is available in the US, you just gotta look for it. I get it from the local family dollar store.

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[ponygirl]

I was just reading up on this over the weekend. They think the bromine in BVO mimics iodine and will attach to the receptors in the thyroid. Bad stuff.

[MaxMax]

There’s always fracking.

[rawcatslyentist]

Buy Mexican Cokes! They are made with real cane sugar!

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Sugar is sugar.

Genetically modified sugar is not *really* sugar. It may taste sweet, but it can damage the body. Long term side effects of aspartame and other genetically modified foods contribute to all kinds of nasty health complications.

[-YYZ-]

My take? If you’re consuming enough of these fruit flavored sodas and sports drinks for “up to” 15 ppm of BVO (which hasn’t even been proven to be harmful, has it?) to be a health concern, the massive amounts of refined sugar you’re taking in should probably be a much bigger concern.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

:: They think the bromine in BVO mimics iodine and will attach to the receptors in the thyroid. Bad stuff. ::

Well, the science is settled then.

[WayneS]

You forgot beer and bourbon...

[A_Tradition_Continues]

“Dublin Dr. Pepper” is a no longer produced.

[Myrddin]

Good news. Bromine has no useful function in the human body. It does strip the iodine off of your thyroid hormone. It will take a fair amount of increased iodine in the diet over a period of weeks or months to drive it all out of your body so your thyroid works properly again.

[wrench]

Just drink water. Your body will thank you for it

[waterhill]

Just saw it in Brookshires here in E. Texas for 8.99 (per six)

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Bromides displace iodine in the thyroid and other tissues. Fat is not the issue.

[A_Tradition_Continues]

Per Wiki...

"Dublin Dr Pepper was the popular name for a style of Dr Pepper soft drink made by the Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company in Dublin, Texas. Dublin Dr Pepper followed the original recipe, using cane sugar as the sweetener as opposed to newer high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). The Dublin plant formula's use of sugar made it popular among soda fans. According to the corporate headquarters at Dr Pepper Snapple Group, this resulted in clashes with other bottlers and the parent company of Dr Pepper. On 12 January 2012, it was announced that Dublin Dr. Pepper will no longer be produced, after the Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company settled the trademark dispute instigated by Dr Pepper Snapple Group."

Dr.Pepper with cane sugar is still produced by a bottling company in Temple, Texas

[Kenny Bunk]

I swear that I thought the posted article was going to be about removing traces of cocaine!

The Coca-Cola Company ... BTW ... used to be a major source of the raw material legit drug companies use to make cocaine-based drugs ... used in eye surgery, etc. I wonder if that still happens.

Besides cocaine, pparently mashed coca leaves also have a bitter flavoring agent in them that was part of the original Coca-Cola formula. Originally, I am told, Coca-Cola (prounced Ko-Kola) had a bit more of a jolt than it has nowadays!

[Kenny Bunk]

....my only rule with Big Lots is `nothing with moving parts’....

Chinese-made tools, patterned after old-fashioned American tools, and made with metal-like substances, are sometimes able to complete tricky tasks before they break.

[Kenny Bunk]

They think the bromine in BVO mimics iodine and will attach to the receptors in the thyroid. Bad stuff.

Whew! I am glad the science is settled. We got George Bush outa there just in the nick of time.

I also read that BVO caused massive sexual deviance in Indonesia.