A soft drink is normally considered to be a cold, non-alcoholic, carbonated drink. Hot chocolate, tea, and coffee are not considered soft drinks. The term originally referred exclusively to carbonated drinks, and is still commonly used in this manner. Carbonated bubbles in a soda float to the surface. ... The word drink is primarily a verb, meaning to ingest liquids. ... Hot chocolate with marshmallow For the musical band, see Hot Chocolate. ... Tea leaves in a Chinese gaiwan. ... Coffee Coffee is a beverage, served hot or with ice, prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. ... Bubbles of carbon dioxide float to the surface of a carbonated soft drink. ...

Soft drinks in a Virginia supermarket

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Fizzy drinks

Fizzy drinks (carbonated beverages) are produced by injecting carbon dioxide into the drink at a pressure of several atmospheres. Carbon dioxide dissolves readily at normal atmospheric pressure, particularly in cold beverages, but far more so at high pressure and large volumes of gas can be dissolved. When the pressure is released the carbon dioxide comes out of solution forming numerous bubbles and begins releasing the carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. After many minutes most of the carbon dioxide has been released and the drink is said to be "flat". Carbon dioxide is an atmospheric gas comprised of one carbon and two oxygen atoms. ... When expressed as a measurement, an atmosphere (symbol: atm) or standard atmosphere is a unit of pressure roughly equal to the average atmospheric pressure at sea level on Earth. ... Layers of Atmosphere (NOAA) Air redirects here. ...

The chemical phenomenon whereby carbonated drinks taste fizzy is due to carbonic acid inducing a slight burning sensation, and is only indirectly related to the bubbles- both phenomena are caused by the carbonic acid concentration. A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ... A phenomenon (plural: phenomena) is an observable event, especially something special (literally something that can be seen from the Greek word phainomenon = observable). ... Bubbles of carbon dioxide float to the surface of a carbonated soft drink. ...

Carbonation can also be produced by partial fermentation in a sealed container. This is the method used in the production of ginger beer and by careful control, and use of appropriate yeasts, the alcohol level can be kept very low. Fermentation in progress Fermentation typically refers to the conversion of sugar to alcohol using yeast. ... Ginger beer is a type of carbonated beverage, flavored primarily with ginger, lemon and sugar. ... Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a yeast used in both baking and brewing. ...

Packaging

Soft Drinks such as Diet Pepsi come in a variety of packaging

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Marketing

Soft drinks are commonly sold in stores in bottles and cans. They can also be dispensed using a soda gun. Sales earn a significant amount of money for the producers and distributors. Most famous name-brand soft drinks are produced and bottled by local or regional independent bottling companies. These companies license the name, and are usually sold the main ingredients, with syrup made by the main manufacturing plants of the trademark holders. Typical Soda Gun A soda gun is a device used by bars to serve various types of drinks. ... A bottling company is a commercial enterprise whose output is the bottling of beverages for distribution and sale. ...

In the past, most cola-flavoured and other soft drinks were sweetened with ordinary sugar (sucrose), but to save on production costs in some markets, HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) is now commonly used as a sweetener. Several different brands of cola. ... Sucrose (common name: table sugar, also called saccharose) is a disaccharide (glucose + fructose) with the molecular formula C12H22O11. ... High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a newer and sweeter form of corn syrup. ...

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Diet soft drinks

In recent years, there has been a growing demand for alternatives to sugar-heavy soft drinks. "Regular" soft drinks today contain high fructose corn syrup, and have been blamed in recent years for contributing to obesity. Sugars, like other carbohydrates, stimulate the production of the hormone insulin, which causes the body to store fat rather than burn it. "Diet" soft drinks are sweetened with chemicals, usually aspartame, saccharin, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, or a combination of those, that are perceived as sweet by most people, yet do not stimulate insulin production or have any food energy or nutritional value. These artificial sweeteners are also controversial, as many of them are subject to claims that they may cause cancer or other illnesses. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a newer and sweeter form of corn syrup. ... Aspartame, , is the name for an artificial, non-carbohydrate sweetener, aspartyl-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester; i. ... The chemical structure of saccharin. ... Diagram illustrating structure of the sucralose molecule Sucralose is an artificial sweetener known by the trade name Splenda. ... Chemical structure of Acesulfame potassium Acesulfame potassium is a calorie-free artificial sweetener, also known as Acesulfame K or Ace K, and marketed under the trade names Sunett and Sweet One. ... The structure of insulin. ... It has been suggested that Diet (nutrition) be merged into this article or section. ... A sugar substitute, or artificial sweetener, is a food additive which duplicates the effect of sugar or corn syrup in taste, but often with less food energy. ... When normal cells are damaged beyond repair, they are eliminated by apoptosis. ...

Naming conventions

• In Australia and New Zealand, "soft drink" almost always refers to carbonated beverages. In some parts of Australia, the term "lolly water" was synonymous with "soft drink", but it now increasingly refers to bright-coloured alcoholic drinks which some claim are marketed at youth ("lolly water" is also rarely used in reference to wine variant). "Lemonade" is typically used only to refer to highly sweetened transparent carbonated beverages with a flavour similar to Coca-cola's Sprite, or Cadbury Schweppes' 7 Up. In some parts of Australia soft drink can be also referred to as "soda" or "fizzy drinks".

• In Brazil, soft drinks are called refrigerante, literally meaning "cooler"; can be colloquially abbreviated as refri. Although there is the term soda, it refers specifically to lemon lime soft drinks. Not for Coke or Pepsi, for instance.

• In Bulgaria, the name for soft drinks is газирани напитки (gazirani napitki) or simply газирано (gazirano, "something fizzy"). A colloquial word сода (soda) exists, but it is used to denote soda water.

• In Canada, "pop" is the most commonly used term among English speakers to refer to a carbonated soft drink. "Soda" is almost never used. Correspondents have reported that "drink" is common in Newfoundland. In French, a "soft drink" is referred to as "boisson gazeuse", or informally as "liqueur" or "liqueur douce" (but never "boisson douce", the literal translation of "soft drink"). The use of "liqueur" in this fashion is distinctly Canadian French; in France, "liqueur" refers to a very specific set of aperitif and digestive alcoholic drinks.

• In Chile, soft drinks are called bebida, generically meaning "drink". Alcoholic drinks are known as trago or called by its specific name (beer, wine, etc.)

• In China, soft drinks are often called "gas/air water" (汽水) or simply "drinks" (Simp.Chinese:饮料 Trad.Chinese:飲料). The first one refers to carbonated drinks only while the latter refers to any drink (though often it refers to soft drink). It is far more common to say the actual name of the drink (eg. Coke, Bottled Tea etc.) than saying generic terms above.

• In Denmark the name for soft drinks is sodavand, which directly translated means soda water. The term sodavand is exclusively used for non-alcoholic, carbonated soft drinks like Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Fanta. Also used is the term læskedrik (from læskende=refreshing/thirst-quenching and drik=drink), which includes all non-alcoholic soft drinks.

• In Ethiopia, soft drinks are generally known by the Amharic word "leslassa", meaning literally "smooth". The popular brand names "Koka" (Coke) and "Mirinda" (Orange Soda) are also in common parlance.

• In German, soft drinks are known as Limo short for Limonade, the German word for lemonade, but in America lemonade is an uncarbonated beverage, generally not considered a soft drink. Some regions also use Sprudel (from sprudeln=to be fizzy) or Brause (in eastern Germany) for carbonated non-alcoholic drinks. However, Fruchtschorle is one of the most popular soft drinks in Germany, but it is never called Limo since it contains no added sugar.

• In Greece, the term Gazoza is used to refer to clear lemon-lime soft drinks such as 7 Up or Sprite.

• In India, soft drinks go by a variety of names including "soft drinks", and "cold drinks". "Soda" in India refers generally to carbonated water and not artificially flavoured, carbonated beverages. One of the most popular is Coca-Cola's Thums Up brand.

• In Ireland, soft drinks are referred to as "minerals". Lemonade is also a generic term for a fizzy drink, and comes in two varieties — red and white. Red lemonade is similar to the Scottish drink Irn-Bru, and is popular both as a drink for kids and as a mixer for spirits.

• In Japan, soft drinks are commonly referred to as "juice", and by younger generations as "drink", a shortened term for "PET-bottle drink". Non-carbonated drinks capture the majority of the soft drink market, and their main rivals are varieties of bottled tea and green tea. Canned and bottled coffee has an equally large market share, and the carbonated drink market is smaller, in contrast to other nations. Coca-Cola splits the carbonated market with Mitsuya Saidaa -- a sweet, clear carbonated drink, and Pepsi lags behind these two, entering the market only in the 90s. Lime flavoured drinks (Mountain Dew and Sprite) hold almost no market share, or are marketed with only a touch of lime flavour. The official name for such drinks in documents and labels is Seiryo Inryo Sui (清涼飲料水) and those carbonated are called Tansan Inryo (炭酸飲料).

• In the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, soft drinks are typically called refrescos, and less frequently, gaseosas.

• In the Netherlands (Dutch language), soft drinks are called frisdrank ('fresh drink') or abbreviated as fris, a word coined in 1956 by adman Dick Schiferli. Also prik, limonade or priklimonade is used, which not only refers to a soft drink made with lemon juice, but all soft drinks. In fact, a non carbonated lemon juice lemonade is hard to find in stores.
• In Norwegian, carbonated soft drinks are called brus, which means "fizz". It is a truncated form of the now obsolete bruslimonade.

• In Peru as well as in Paraguay, soft drinks are called gaseosas. The name coca is also common in Paraguay.

• In the Philippines, soft drinks are also called soft drinks, but locally, it is spelled and pronounced sopdrinks. It is more commonly referred to as "Coke," regardless of the brand.

• In Portugal, soft drinks are called refrigerante.

• In Romania, soft drinks are usually called băuturi răcoritoare or just răcoritoare ('cooler/cooling drinks'), but are also refered to as cico or cola (after the popular 'Coca-Cola'.

• In South Africa, soft drinks are called cool drinks generically, although lemonade follows the same conventions as Australia.

• In Swedish, soft drinks are called läsk which comes from läskande drycker (roughly: refreshing drinks — a bit more precisely: thirst-quenching drinks) and denotes carbonated non-alcoholic soft drinks. In northern Sweden the word dricka (drink) is often used. The word lemonad has more or less the same use as the English word lemonade, but belongs to a slightly higher level of style than läsk. In Finland-Swedish lemonad is more common and refers to all kinds of carbonated soft drinks, läsk (or läskedryck) is also used. Many people, both Finnish and Swedish speakers, also use the word limsa.

• In the United Kingdom, the term "soft drink" originally applied to carbonated drinks ("pop") and non-carbonated drinks made from concentrates ("squash"), although it now commonly refers to any drink that does not contain alcohol. To further confuse matters, alcopops are often called "alcoholic soft drinks". The term "pop", once popular as a generic term for soft drinks is now mainly restricted to the north of England, and Wales. The term "fizzy drinks" is also used as a synonym for sweetened carbonated drinks. In the West of Scotland, soft drinks are commonly known as "ginger", presumably referring to an early "soft drink", ginger beer. Carbonated drinks are also known as "juice" in some locations, including most of the east of Scotland.

• In the United States, "soft drink" commonly refers to cold, non-alcoholic beverages. Carbonated beverages are regionally known as:
  • "Coke", regardless of the brand or flavour, in most of the South, including New Mexico and southern Oklahoma. Some older generations of Southerners refer to soft drinks as "dope".
  • "Pop" in most of the upper Midwest as far east as Cleveland, Ohio, and into the western part of the Northeast; including such cities as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Erie, Pennsylvania, and stretching as far east as Buffalo, New York, west up to and including the Pacific Northwest, and as far south as the upper half of Oklahoma. The majority of the state of Michigan, especially the Metro Detroit area specifically call soft drinks "Pop"(Faygo, a brand of pop made in Detroit is a perfect example of this). In the lower Midwest, such as southern Illinois, southern Indiana, and the Cincinnati, Ohio area, "soft drink" predominates (which is why the term is used in Kroger stores, which is Cincinnati-based).
  • "Soda" in the Northeast, the southwest (California, Nevada, Arizona, and Texas, the southeastern-settled parts of Florida (near Miami) and parts of the Midwest (around St. Louis and parts of eastern Wisconsin, especially in the area of Milwaukee).
  • "Soda pop" is used by some speakers especially in the mountain west.
  • "Drink" or "cold drink" are locally common in southern Virginia and the Carolinas, spreading from there as far as Louisiana.
  • "Tonic" is specifically a Boston, Massachusetts term, particularly among older generations.
  • See The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy for maps and geographical trends. Many of the website's correspondents are emotionally attached to their particular term and express disdain for the use of any other.
  • At many restaurants in the U.S., one finds that the products of only a single major beverage producer, such as The Coca-Cola Company or PepsiCo, are available. While a patron who requests a “coke” may be truly indifferent as to which cola brand he receives, the careful order taker will confirm intent with a question like “Is Pepsi OK?” to avoid legal problems from the large suppliers who send checkers around to avoid their trademark names becoming a generic term. Similarly, “7 Up” or “Sprite” may indicate whichever clear, carbonated, citrus-flavoured drink happens to be at hand. The generic uses of these brand names does not affect the local usage of the words "pop" or "soda", to mean any carbonated beverage.

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Mixed soft drinks

A beverage made by mixing many soft drinks together, usually from a soda fountain, is variously known as a graveyard, suicide, pop bomb, swamp water, or garbage soda.

Floats

A float is created by dropping a scoop of ice cream into a soft drink. In the midwestern United States, a soft drink with ice cream added is most often called an "ice cream soda," or soda, for short as they were made at soda fountains. The most common of these is the Root beer float. In Australia and New Zealand, this is known as a Spider. In Scotland (Mainly West) this is sometimes referred to as an "iced drink". A root beer float. ... Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ... The ice cream soda is a treat made, typically, by mixing ice cream with either a soft drink or flavored syrup and carbonated water, often with some special technique to encourage the partial slushing of the ice cream itself. ... Soda fountain is a North American term referring to the carbonated drink dispensers found in fast food restaurants and convenience stores in the US and Canada. ... A root beer float. ...

In Brazil, a scoop of ice cream into a soft drink may have different names:

• vaca preta (black cow): ice cream in cola
• vaca amarela (yellow cow): ice cream in guarana flavoured soft drink
• pantera cor de rosa (the Pink Panther): strawberry ice cream in lemon lime soft drink

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In the U.S., some floats have specific names as a Purple Cow, Brown Cow, or Black Cow, which is vanilla ice cream in root beer, or Boston cooler, which is vanilla ice cream in Vernor's ginger ale. A Boston cooler is a drink typically composed of ginger ale and vanilla ice cream. ... Deliciously different! Detroits Vernors ginger ale shares the title of Americas oldest soft drink with Hires Root Beer. ...

Controversy

Nutritional value

Soft drinks obtain almost 100% of their food energy in the form of refined cane sugar or corn syrup. While the USDA recommended daily allotment (RDA) of added sugars is 10 teaspoons for a 2,000-calorie diet, many soft drinks contain more than this amount. Magnified crystals of refined sugar Magnification of typical sugar In general use, non-scientists take sugar to mean sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ... Corn syrup, known as glucose syrup outside Canada and the United States, is a syrup made from corn starch and composed mainly of glucose. ... RDA may refer to: RDA, Raj Dumbledores Arena - The Harry Potter Site on http://www. ...

Unless fortified, it also contains little to no vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein, or other essential nutrients. Additionally some brands of soft drinks may contain questionable food additives such as food colouring, artificial flavouring, emulsifiers, and preservatives. Some also argue that caffeine-containing soft drinks are not a valid source of dietary fluids because of the diuretic properties of caffeine; this is disputed.[1] Vitamins are organic chemicals that a given living organism requires in trace quantities for good health, but which the organism cannot synthesize, and therefore must obtain from its diet. ... Minerals are natural compounds formed through geological processes. ... Fiber or fibre[1] is a class of materials that are continuous filaments or are in discrete elongated pieces, similar to lengths of thread. ... A representation of the 3D structure of myoglobin, showing coloured alpha helices. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The color of food is considered important in its enjoyment. ... An emulsion is a mixture of two immiscible substances. ... A preservative is a natural or synthetic chemical that is added to products such as foods, pharmaceuticals, paints, biological samples, etc. ... Caffeine (sometimes called guaranine when found in guarana, mateine when found in mate, and theine when found in tea) is a xanthine alkaloid found in the leaves and beans of the coffee tree, in tea, yerba mate, guarana berries, and in small quantities in cocoa, the kola nut and the... A diuretic is any drug that elevates the rate of bodily urine excretion. ...

Soft drinks may also displace other more nutritional food choices, such as milk and fruit juice, in people's diets. A glass of cow milk Milk is the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ... Juice is the liquid naturally contained in plants. ...

Studies showing a correlation between soft drinks and obesity

A study from Harvard shows that soft drinks may be responsible for the doubling of obesity in children over the last 15 years.

From 1991 and 1995, adolescent boys in the US, on average, increased their intake of soft drinks from 345 mL to 570 mL. Most soft drinks are sweetened with sugar or corn syrup, and not artificial sweeteners. Dr. David Ludwig of the Boston Children's Hospital showed that school children drinking at least eight U.S. fluid ounces (240 mL) or more of regularly sweetened drinks daily will consume 835 calories (3,500 kilojoules) more than those avoiding soft drinks; i.e., children who drink soft drinks loaded with sugar tend to eat much more food than those who avoid soft drinks. Either those taking sugared drinks lack the same restraint on foods, or sugared drinks cause a rise in insulin that makes adolescents more hungry, causing them to eat more. Soft drinks (including diet soft drinks) are also typically consumed with other high-calorie foods such as fast food. Children who drink soft drinks regularly are therefore fatter on average, in addition to being more likely to develop diabetes later in life (see below). A fluid ounce is a unit of volume in both the Imperial system of units and the U.S. customary units system. ... A calorie is a unit of measurement for energy. ... A kilojoule (abbreviation: kJ) is a unit of energy equal to 1000 joules. ... Fast food is food prepared and served quickly at a fast-food restaurant or shop at low cost. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ...

Source: - Lancet 2001;357:505-08. "Relation between consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and childhood obesity: a prospective, observational analysis" Dr. David Ludwig from the Children's Hospital Boston and colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health.

This finding is controversial, because children in much of the Third World also consume large numbers of soft drinks with even more sugar, and do not share the same obesity rates as American children, suggesting that other factors are involved aside from sugar consumption in soft drinks.^{[citation needed]} Suggested factors include physical activity, and the fact that American soft drinks are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup instead of cane sugar. Monosodium glutamate (MSG), which is used to enhance the sweetness of some soft drink beverages, could also play a role by stimulating appetite. High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is a newer and sweeter form of corn syrup. ... Magnified crystals of refined sugar Magnification of typical sugar In general use, non-scientists take sugar to mean sucrose, also called table sugar or saccharose, a white crystalline solid disaccharide. ... Monosodium glutamate formula Monosodium glutamate, sodium glutamate, flavour enhancer 621 EU food additive code: E621. ...

In March 2006, Pediatrics published a paper Effects of Decreasing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption on Body Weight in Adolescents: A Randomized, Controlled Pilot Study. This suggests that reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages helped reduce body mass index in the heaviest teenagers. This was reported as drinking as a single 330ml can a day of sugary drinks translated to more than 1lb of weight gain every month. [2] The body mass index (BMI) or Quetelet Index is a statistical measure of the weight of a person scaled according to height. ...

Soft drinks linked to weight gain and type 2 diabetes

In 2004, an eight-year study of 50,000 nurses showed a correlation that suggests drinking one or more sugar-sweetened beverages (such as soft drinks and fruit punches) per day increases one's risk of developing diabetes by 80% versus those who drink less than one such drink per month. This finding was independent of other lifestyle factors. It concludes, "Higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a greater magnitude of weight gain and an increased risk for development of type 2 diabetes in women, possibly by providing excessive calories and large amounts of rapidly absorbable sugars." ^[1]. This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ...

Soft drinks and sleep

According to one report, Fizzy drinks "affect children's sleep", soft drinks with caffeine can disrupt children's sleep and leave them feeling tired during the day.

Availability

Some argue that soft drinks are too widely available, from every restaurant, movie theater, vending machine, and similar locations. Others believe that a small amount of will power on the part of the individual is all that's required to reduce consumption and that one should take personal responsibility for their own purchasing decisions, however, most restaurants, movie theaters, and vending machines offer little to no alternative that soft drinks. Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... A typical multiplex (AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills, California). ... A vending machine is a machine that dispenses merchandise when a customer deposits sufficient money into a slot or vent to purchase the desired item (as opposed to a shop, where the presence of personnel is required for every purchase). ... Will Power (born March 1, 1981) is a motorsport driver from Australia. ... The Personal Responsibility in Food Consumption Act, also known as the Cheeseburger Bill, was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in March 2004, and (as of November, 2004) awaits a Senate vote. ...

Banning

In recent years, debate on whether soft drink vending machines should be allowed in school has been on the rise. Proponents believe that soft drinks are a significant contributor to childhood obesity and tooth decay, and that allowing soft drink sales in schools encourages children to believe they are safe to consume in moderate to large quantities. Proponents note that children are not always mature enough to understand the consequences of their own food choices, and should not be routinely exposed to the temptation of cheap, readily available soft drinks. They also argue that schools have a responsibility to look after the health of the children in their care, and that allowing children easy access to soft drinks violates that responsibility. Opponents believe that obesity is a complex issue and soft drinks are not the only cause. Some people take the middle ground, saying that soft drink machines should be allowed in schools, but that they should not be the only option available. They propose that when soft drink vending machines are made available in school grounds, the schools should be required to provide children with a choice of alternative drinks (such as fruit juice, flavored water and milk) at a comparable price. However, fruit drinks may contain as much sugar as the soft drinks they replace. Types of teeth Molars are used for grinding up foods Carnassials are used for slicing food. ... Juice is the liquid naturally contained in plants. ... Over two thirds of the earths surface is covered with water, 97. ... A glass of cow milk Milk is the nutrient fluid produced by the mammary glands of female mammals. ...

The American Beverage Association has produced a factsheet State Laws & Regulations Governing Beverage Sales in Schools (PDF format).

On 3 May 2006, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and the American Beverage Association announced new School Beverage Guidelines that will voluntarily remove high-calorie soft drinks from all US schools. Cadbury Schweppes plc (Cadbury Trebor Bassett), (NYSE: CSG) is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in London. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ... PepsiCo, Inc. ...

On 19 May 2006, UK Education Secretary Alan Johnson announced new minimum nutrition standards for school food. Amongst a wide range of measures, from September 2006, school lunches will be free from fizzy drinks. Schools will also end the sale of junk food (including fizzy drinks) in vending machines and tuck shops. See the Department for Education and Skills press notice for details.

Carcinogens in soft drinks

Main article: Benzene in soft drinks

In 1990, the major soft drink companies had documentation about benzene in soft drinks. It was originally thought that it was caused by Contaminated CO₂, but it was rather the breakdown of benzoate. Uploaded documentation shows that "Off the shelf" benzene was 25 parts per million, and after exposure, 85 ppm. In 2005, a court in India required Coke and Pepsi to disclose this documentation ^[2]. In 2006, the UK Food Standards Agency published its "Survey of benzene levels in soft drinks", which tested 150 products and found that four contained benzene levels above the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for drinking water. The agency asked for these to be removed from sale. // Background Benzene is a carcinogen. ... Benzene, also known as C6H6, PhH, and benzol, is an organic chemical compound that is a colorless and flammable liquid with a pleasant, sweet smell. ... The benzoate ion is C6H5COO− (benzoic acid minus one hydrogen ion). ... Parts per million (ppm) is a measure of concentration that is used where low levels of concentration are significant. ... The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom. ... Flag of World Health Organization The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. ...

Notes

1. ^ Schulze MB, Manson JE, Ludwig DS, Colditz GA, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC, Hu FB Sugar-sweetened beverages, weight gain, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in young and middle-aged women JAMA. 2004 Aug 25;292(8):927-34.
2. ^ Providence Journal March 12, 2006

External links

Industry bodies and news

• National Soft Drink Association (US)
• American Beverage Association
• BevNET - The Beverage Network
• just-drinks : Beverage Industry News

Soft drinks and health

• American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on School Health Soft Drinks in Schools PDF version
• School Food Trust (UK) Transforming School Food dietary factsheet
• Center for Science in the Public Interest report Liquid Candy: How Soft Drinks are Harming Americans' Health
• The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy