News: Coke settles lawsuits regarding Fanta Pineapple, Vault Zero
May 16th, 2007 by Steve
I don't believe this story got much attention. In fact, what an odd grouping of drinks to be part of a lawsuit. Fanta Pineapple and Vault Zero?
Coca-Cola settles lawsuits over benzene
Fanta Pineapple, Vault Zero had ingredients that could form substance
The Associated Press
May 14, 2007ATLANTA – The Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to offer replacements to people who purchased two soft drinks to settle lawsuits over ingredients that can form cancer-causing benzene, the plaintiffs said Monday.
… The lawsuits alleged that ingredients in Fanta Pineapple and Vault Zero had the potential in certain circumstances to combine to form benzene, and asserted claims for breach of warranty, unfair and deceptive trade practices and unjust enrichment.
…Coca-Cola began production of Vault Zero in February 2006 and has sold roughly 7.7 million individual units from that time through December 2006. From January 2003 through August 2006, it sold roughly 27.4 million individual units of Fanta Pineapple, according to the settlement papers.
It changed the formulation of the two products on or about Sept. 1, 2006, the settlement papers say.
Benzene can form in soft drinks containing vitamin C, also called ascorbic acid, and either sodium benzoate or potassium benzoate. Scientists say factors such as heat or light exposure can trigger a reaction that forms benzene in the beverages.
Coca-Cola will no longer sell the two products in question with both sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid as ingredients.
Fanta Pineapple contains traces of pork(pig) fat. This is not listed in the ingredients and muslims such as myself arent aware of this fact and therefore are not allowed to drink it. The codes of the tins that have these traces are : E211; E224.
This is utterly disgusting and false advertising should be reprimanded!!!!!