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Changes in Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola

One ingredient used in Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola is an artificial brown or caramel coloring agent, which researchers say should be banned. This coloring is also in other foods, which is contaminated with two cancer causing chemicals, 2-MI and 4-MI, which in government conducted studies caused lung, liver, or thyroid cancer, or leukemia, which was tested on laboratory rats. U.S. regulations distinguished between four types of caramel coloring, and these two 2-MI and 4MI is produced with ammonia. Caramel IV, or ammonia sulphite process caramel, Caramel 111, which is produced with ammonia but not sulphites is sometimes used in beer and soy sauce. The consumptions of the chemicals are extremely small but the level of 4-MI in the tested colas still may be causing thousands of cancers in the U.S. population alone. Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola both denied the cancer allegations even though they both have changed their recipes; it is due to the demand of California Law not because of the alleged cancer-causing agent. Pepsi caramel coloring suppliers are changing their manufacturing process to cut the amount of 4-Mel in its caramel. That process is complete in California and will be finished in February 2014 in the rest of the country, Coca-Cola has transitioned to using a modified caramel in U.S. markets beyond California that does not contain Mel-4, so it wouldn't have to have separate inventory of products for different locations. (Environmental Group). Trace amounts of 4-Mel have not been linked to cancer in humans. The (American Beverage Association) stated California added the coloring to its list of carcinogens with no studies showing that it causes cancer in humans. The listing was based on a single study in lab mice and rats.

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Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola consolidated there manufacturing process of the two companies, in order to do this they need to buy all independent bottlers. The...