Salt subtly trimmed from many foods amid campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — Salt has quietly been slipping out of dozens of the most familiar foods in brand-name America, from Butterball turkeys to Uncle Ben’s flavored rice dishes to Goya canned beans. A Kraft...
View ArticleCA exec gets 6 years in tomato price-fixing scam
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The former owner of a California tomato processing company was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison for engaging in a price-fixing scam that authorities said...
View ArticleCould rap lyrics shift after Wayne, Ross mishaps?
NEW YORK (AP) — Since it began, rap has found ways to offend. Whether for political content, sexual imagery, misogyny, violence or coarse humor, rappers have found themselves having to defend their...
View ArticleBad weather complicates Coca-Cola’s soda struggles
NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola is struggling to sell more soda in the U.S., and it can’t seem to catch a break. The world’s largest beverage maker on Tuesday blamed a confluence of factors including...
View ArticleCoke to defend safety of aspartame in new ad
NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola plans to run its first ad defending the safety of artificial sweeteners on Wednesday, a move that comes as the company looks to stem declining sales of diet soda. The print ad...
View ArticleIs Coke the same as it was 127 years ago? Maybe
ATLANTA (AP) — Coca-Cola keeps the recipe for its 127-year-old soda inside an imposing steel vault that’s bathed in red security lights. Several cameras monitor the area to make sure the fizzy formula...
View ArticleMexican Coke in US will still use cane sugar
NEW YORK (AP) — Fans of “Mexican Coke” in the U.S. need not worry about losing the cane sugar that sweetens their favorite drink. Americans who buy the glass bottles of Coke exported from Mexico may...
View ArticleAre more Dorito-flavored foods on the way?
NEW YORK (AP) — Dorito dust may be the new salt for more restaurant chains. PepsiCo Inc., which owns Cheetos, Fritos, Tostitos and other snacks, found success last year after teaming up with Taco Bell...
View ArticleCoke, Pepsi dropping ‘BVO’ from all drinks
NEW YORK (AP) — Coca-Cola and PepsiCo said Monday they’re working to remove a controversial ingredient from all their drinks, including Mountain Dew, Fanta and Powerade. The ingredient, called...
View ArticlePepsiCo boss decries NFL problems, backs Goodell
NEW YORK (AP) — PepsiCo Inc.’s CEO Indra Nooyi has made a double-edged statement on the NFL’s problems handling domestic violence, calling some players’ behavior “repugnant” but saying that...
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