Coca-Cola has been exposed to carcinogens, China's products are 14 times the United States.
"cancer" accusations, has announced changes in the production process to avoid suspicion. However, the accusation has not yet been clarified, but it has been tied to the "double standard" hat.
this morning, the Daily Mail reported that Coca-Cola had been adding caramel pigments to make the product "unique color", but the pigment was found to contain the carcinogen 4- methyl imidazole. Despite its repeated denial of carcinogenesis, it announced the change of production process to calm public anger.
however, British activists once again broke the news that the precautionary measure was implemented in the United States but not in other countries. Among those sold in the United Kingdom, the content of Coca-Cola 4- methyl imidazole is 135 micrograms, which is 34 times higher than that of the 4 microgram in the United States.
British activists will publish in the magazine. They will also write to the government health department recently, calling for a complete ban on caramel coloring. These people say Coca-Cola is the biggest soft drink in Britain, with sales of 1 billion 100 million a year, and they should not play double standards on product safety.
reports that the American consumer advocates the organization of public interest Science Center (CSPI) to detect the content of 4- methyl imidazole in all Coca-Cola, 4 micrograms in the 355 milliliter of the United States, 56 micrograms in China (14 times the content of the United States) and 267 micrograms in Brazil.
manufacturing company says it can provide a caramel coloring that does not contain 4- methyl imidazole at all, but its cost will increase by 4 times. Coca-Cola UK said the company will change the production of caramel coloring, but there is no timetable yet.
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in March this year, CSPI published a report that a chemical called 4- methyl imidazole was found in 4 products such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, diet coke and Pepsi light, and this substance has been disputed throughout the beverage industry.
reported that this substance can make animals grow tumors and cause carcinogenic risk to the human body. CSPI submitted a report to the US Food and Drug Administration in February this year to prohibit the use of this coloring agent.
however, Coca-Cola denies that there are carcinogens. At that time, the head of Coca-Cola China told the late reporter that a trace of 4- methimidazole was found in a large number of foods and beverages, and the "browning reaction" in the process of cooking usually formed 4- methyl imidazole.
, however, a few days later, despite insisting that the product does not contain any harmful ingredients, the United States Coca Cola Co announced that it would reduce the level of 4- methidazole in Coke by changing the caramel production process.
, a Coca Cola Co spokesman insisted, "the caramel pigments in all of our products have been safe in the past, now and in the future. The change is only to avoid the company's "unscientific verification" warning.
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4- methidazole, an indirect product of
4- methyl imidazole, a chemical substance existing in the caramel, not a manufacturer directly added, but an indirect product of chemical synthesis. Caramel is mainly used to improve the color of food. It is also widely used in our country. Besides cola, there are soy sauce, vinegar, soft drinks, beer and so on.
WHO allowed to add caramel containing 4- methyl imidazole in food, but only defined dose. The dose prescribed by the World Health Organization should not exceed 200 mg per kilogram. But China stipulates that its content should be less than 0.02%.