NEW YORK
(AP) -- Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc. are changing the way they make the
caramel coloring used in their sodas as a result of a California law that
mandates drinks containing a certain level of carcinogens bear a cancer warning
label.
The companies
said the changes will be expanded nationally to streamline their manufacturing
processes. They've already been made for drinks sold in California.
Coca-Cola
and PepsiCo account for almost 90 percent of the soda market, according to
industry tracker Beverage Digest. A representative for Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Inc. was not immediately available for comment.
The
American Beverage Association, which represents the broader industry, said its
member companies will continue to use caramel coloring in certain products but
that adjustments were made to meet California's new standard.
"Consumers
will notice no difference in our products and have no reason at all for any
health concerns," the association said in a statement.
A
representative for Coca-Cola, Diana Garza-Ciarlante, said the company directed
its caramel suppliers to modify their manufacturing processes to reduce the
levels of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, which can be formed during the
cooking process and as a result may be found in trace amounts in many foods.
"While
we believe that there is no public health risk that justifies any such change,
we did ask our caramel suppliers to take this step so that our products would
not be subject to the requirement of a scientifically unfounded warning,"
Garza-Giarlante said in an email.
The Center
for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer advocacy group, in February
filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration to ban the use of
ammonia-sulfite caramel coloring.
A spokesman
for the Food and Drug Administration said the petition is being reviewed.
But he
noted that a consumer would have to drink more than 1,000 cans of soda a day to
reach the doses administered that have shown links to cancer in rodents.
The
American Beverage Association also noted that California added the coloring to
its list of carcinogens with no studies showing that it causes cancer in
humans. It noted that the listing was based on a single study in lab mice and
rats.
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