Everyone knows that Coke and Pepsi aren’t exactly healthy, but who knew that they could also be dangerous? Studies in America have shown that a chemical used to make the dark caramel colour of both Pepsi and Coke, 4-methylimidazole, can actually cause cancer!
The recipes have been changed to use a different ingredient that does the same job as 4-methylimidazole, just without the risk. The new versions of Pepsi and Coke are already being sold in California, but no word yet if they will be available in Canada.
Not to worry though. Apparently, you would have to drink 1000 cans of the soda per day to even be remotely at risk of getting cancer.
So why the change, then? Coke and Pepsi say that they don’t want to have to put carcinogen warning labels on their cans…hmm maybe they should be more worried about the aspartame that they use in their diet drinks that has been reported to cause cancer and other health issues with much less than 1000 cans a day.
We recommend sticking with water. Or juice! Juice is good too.