Coke and Pepsi To Change Carcinogenic Recipe

I believe it was the ex-wife of aspiring author Kyle Sandilands, one Tamara Jaber, who once sang: “Boys are rotten, made out of cotton/Girls are sexy, made out of Pepsi.” It would seem that should girls continue to insist on being made out of Pepsi, they’ll contain the chemical 4-methylimidazole – a substance found in both popular cola beverages – that the state of California has just added to its official list of cancer-causing carcinogens! See, girls are rotten too.

Both brands will be changing the chemical agent, which gives the drinks their caramel colour, in order to avoid being legally obliged to slap a cancer warning label on their bottles. Hope that hangover Coke is going down a treat for you.

The American Beverage Association and US Food and Drug Administration maintain that the chemical poses no serious health risk to those who imbibe it, however, based on evidence to the contrary (read: Tamara Jaber’s made-out-of-Pepsi lyrical genius), I’d probably recommend you make the switch to cotton H20.

If you can stomach it:

Via BBC News

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