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...weakened or permanently destroyed the enamel. Diet sodas were just as bad as regular sodas, and canned iced tea caused 30 times the damage of fresh-brewed tea or coffee. The worst offenders were noncolas like Mountain Dew, which caused two to five times as much damage as the cola drinks. The main culprit in this dental destruction, says Fraunhofer, is the presence of chemicals, such as citric, malic and tartaric acids, that are added to impart tartness to the drinks. Of the soft drinks tested, the one that caused virtually no harm to teeth was A&W root beer...
...deal with Tate, McNeil Nutritionals, a Johnson & Johnson division, is rolling out a sugar-Splenda blend for baking in August. Splenda, already used in thousands of manufactured foods (one appeal: it withstands heat better than alternatives do), is also going into new mid-calorie sodas from Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. Earlier this year, Splenda was okayed for sale in the European Union. Tate is spending $30 million to expand its sole Splenda plant, in Alabama. The potential catch: many Splenda users are converting from real sugar--Tate's main business. Says Charlie Mills, an analyst at Credit Suisse First Boston...
...media war and almost overnight "given itself a new identity," as beverage consultant Tom Pirko puts it. In its ubiquitous series of mock political commercials, Miller has mercilessly poked fun at Budweiser by declaring that a democracy should have a president, not a king. Taking a cue from the cola wars, Miller has launched its own version of the Pepsi challenge, engaging beer drinkers in blind taste tests, the results of which will form the basis for a new ad campaign Miller announced last week...
...many ways, Nardelli has finally come into his own. Local businesspeople say he has joined the ranks of Atlanta's insiders, notably when he was elected to Coca-Cola's board of directors in 2002. Though Coke's board has been criticized after management missteps, it is still the city's corporate crown jewel. "Among Bob's peers it was an important recognition," Blank says. Nardelli was host to about 200 prominent conservatives last month at a $3.2 million fund raiser for President Bush in his 10-bedroom mansion...
China's biggest soft-drink maker is shipping its patriotic pop to America. This spring, Wahaha, based near Shanghai, exported its first batch of Future Cola--435,000 half-liter plastic bottles--to Los Angeles and New York City. The drink, known in China as Extreme Cola, was designed to provide a domestic alternative to market leaders Coca-Cola and Pepsi. "What they can do, the Chinese people can do as well," says Shan Qining, a Wahaha spokesman. (Never mind that French yogurtmaker Danone owns 51% of Wahaha.) But the homegrown alternative has yet to pose a challenge...