Hi Duane, I think that most companies who have been using traditional formulae in their products will receive nasty surprises in the future as more and more consumer testing is done. This is one of the challenges of the 21st century, sorting out what we have been putting in our highly processed, manufactured food.

It begs the question of how many other nasty surprises like this lurk in industrial foods.

Hi Duane, There’s lots of reasons to point out that sugar-based drinks are a contributing factor to obesity and heart disease. I agree that this is an important medical health issue but a known carcinogen that is used to produce the caramel colour in colas is probably something all of us soda drinkers don’t need to have in addition to the sugar. I cut out regular soda a long time ago and drink diet drinks and I know that aspartame has attendant risks as well but at least I am not ingesting useless calories from a drink that is largely flavoured carbonated water.