Coca-Cola is the world's number one beverage company, and known for ad campaigns that equate soft drinks with joy. From "Have a Coke and a Smile" to "open happiness" and the Happiness Machine, Coca-Cola has always focused on positivity. But in new commercials hitting the air starting today, the brand will do something…
In an effort to educate consumers about the stark realities of carbonated syrup, soda giants are rolling out new vending machines that will prominently feature calorie counts. Coke, Pepsi, and Dr. Pepper will all launch their new machines in 2013, and also plan to focus aggressively on developing new diet drinks.
Diet Coke turns 30 this year, and despite health concerns and an rocky advertising trajectory (remember Paula Abdul dancing with dead celebrities?), the Thank-God-It's-Not-Sugar-But-Hopefully-Aspartame-Won't-Kill-You beverage is doing better than ever. Diet Coke has held the title of second most popular soda in the…
We've been hearing so much lately about how terrible soda is. It contains all kinds of crazy chemicals and also a concentrated dose of pure evil that keeps you coming back for more. But did you know that your soda also contains alcohol? Alcohol alcohol? Like the good kind that gets you drunk? Yep, that's what a French…
No big soda? Like, forever? If you live in New York under the merciless reign of the soft drink despot Michael Bloomberg, odds are you probably asked yourself those very same questions before strongly considering moving underground to join the ranks of the subway tunnel mole people, who let their citizens drink all…
As we all know, everything delicious is terrible for you. That is especially true of sweets, which are so tasty but also can cause nasty things like diabetes. Still, most of us are able to convince ourselves that eating sugar probably won't kill us. Sure, but you know what will happen if we keep stuffing our faces…
There has been a lot of fretting lately about just how much sugar we're all consuming, but we are particularly freaked out about what our kids are eating. Well, now it turns out we're right to worry because they are eating a shit-ton of sugar every day. Why? Well, for the same reason we grown-ups do: because having…
Here's a little something for you from the department of counterintuitive findings: It turns out that selling junk food in schools doesn't actually have anything to do with making kids being obese. Are you fucking kidding me? After the countless hand motions we've all wasted scrolling through articles urging us to…
Have you ever heard of brominated vegetable oil? Unless you're one of those obsessive label-readers like myself, odds are high that you've never thought twice about specific kind of oil before. Well, I have some bad news for any fruit-flavored soda-lovers: your drink of choice contains flame retardant.
I think we can all agree those ridiculous Dr Pepper 10 ads, which suggest the beverage is not for women, are a big disaster. No one tells us what we can and can't drink! The penis-only version of the soda has hurt the entire brand's approval ratings. But as this video shows, if you have a vagina and you decide to…
Here's a dispatch from the Department of Never Letting You Have Fun Ever: Regular consumption of sugary drinks causes heart damage, it doesn't matter if you're fat, skinny, trapezoid shaped, or Alex Mack. But you're going to keep drinking sweetened crap, aren't you?
Turns out soda isn't just bad for your teeth: if you're a teenager, it could make you more likely to knife someone.
Comments on Dr. Pepper's Facebook page seemed to indicate that men and women alike were grossed out by commercials proclaiming that Dr. Pepper Ten is for dudes only. And now there are numbers to back that up.
By now you may have heard that, at least according to a recent ad, Dr. Pepper Ten is "not for women." Now some women — and men — have taken to Facebook to protest this sentiment. And some are doing so in a pretty unproductive way.
You know how sugary drinks are bad for your teeth? Turns out, sugar-free ones are too.
This spring Dr Pepper is rolling out a test campaign for a new 10-calorie soda called Dr Pepper 10. Ladies, if you have a hankering for flavored sugar water that Dr Pepper and Diet Dr Pepper simply can't satisfy, that's too bad; According to Dr Pepper 10's ad campaign it's "not for women."
Pepsi press release #1: "In celebration of beautiful, confident women, Diet Pepsi presents the taller, sassier new Skinny Can" for New York fashion week. Pepsi press release #2: "Active women unite!" at their "women's inspiration network". Discuss.
A Colorado company is selling Dixie Elixirs, a pot-infused soda available in seven flavors. The beverages are aimed at medical marijuana patients "seeking a refreshing but equally potent alternative to smoke and tinctures, or carb and calorie loaded edibles."
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor David Paterson have asked the federal government to make sugary drinks ineligible for food stamp purchases in New York City. The government already bars the use of food stamps for cigarettes, alcohol, and prepared foods.
• According to a study, two thirds of British women are totally bored with their lives. Perhaps more importantly, 7 out of 10 women are "fed up with being broke."
