Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study
Pepsi lost the cola wars to Coke. Why is it struggling to hold on to second place?
May 2024
Our unequal earth
Latin America labels ultra-processed foods. Will the US follow?
In 2010, Mexico led the way, followed by Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia
April 2024
Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution
Sugar increase in Fanta and Sprite prompts calls for new tax on Australia’s food and drinks industry
March 2024
‘The cost of dealing with disease is growing all the time’: why experts think sugar taxes should be far higher
More than 100 countries impose levies on sugar, but should tariffs increase to improve wellbeing and generate revenues to help tackle related illnesses?
February 2024
The world is turning away from Diet Coke. But you will pry it from my cold dead hands
Gina Rushton
Too many establishments are refusing to stock our fizzy friend. And I’m here to declare this is a feminist issue
November 2023
Drinks firms face EU-wide complaint over plastic bottle recycling claims
Consumer groups issue formal notice to European Commission over ‘greenwashing’ claims that bottles are ‘100% recyclable’ or ‘100% recycled’
October 2023
Why I quit
Sweating, shaking and a week-long migraine – what I went through to quit Diet Coke
Cathy Reay
Going cold turkey was the only way to stop obsessing over a carbonated drink. But I’ll never forget the thrill of that first sip, says freelance journalist Cathy Reay
August 2023
Revealed: WHO aspartame safety panel linked to alleged Coca-Cola front group
Guidelines on Diet Coke ingredient from consultants tied to alleged industry front group an ‘obvious conflict of interest’, report says
July 2023
Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and PepsiCo named UK’s biggest packaging polluters
Should you kick your Diet Coke habit? As a public health expert, I’m not too worried
Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
June 2023
Parades but no public posts: which brands are supporting Pride in the wake of backlash?
As Target, Bud Light, Starbucks and others face threats and boycotts, here’s what other top US brands have planned
April 2023
Creative tech firm Talenthouse is close to failure as debts mount
Company that matches artists with brands is understood to have laid off most of its staff and faces legal action by creditors
February 2023
Tell us: have you ever hoarded a discontinued product?
As Lilt is to be rebranded as Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit, we’d like to hear about the products you hoarded before they were discontinued
So RIP ‘totally tropical’ Lilt. In an age of authenticity, you were the fake dreadlocks of soft drinks
Nels Abbey
With cringey adverts and steel drums, it was marketed as a taste of the Caribbean and Blackness, but that approach couldn’t survive, says writer and broadcaster Nels Abbey
Lilt has vanished from UK, rebranded as a totally tropical Fanta
We haven’t touched the taste, only the packaging, promises owner Coca-Cola
January 2023
‘All-natural’ Simply Tropical juice has high toxic PFAS levels, lawsuit alleges
Coca-Cola claimed juice was healthy despite toxic ‘forever chemicals’ levels ‘hundreds of times’ above federal limits, suit says
October 2022
Prime market: YouTube star Logan Paul’s £2 energy drink listed on eBay for £10k
Volte-farce? Mini-budget climbdown joins list of other spectacular U-turns
