News and Features Archives
 |
Experts Lay to Rest Long-Held Misconceptions about High Fructose Corn Syrup A supplement published in the June issue of the Journal of Nutrition encourages the scientific community and the general public to stop demonizing high fructose corn syrup as the culprit of obesity and to rethink the myths about high fructose corn syrup's impact on the American diet. |
 |
Evidence-Based Analysis of Aspartame Research A just-published research review concludes that, media speculation aside, using aspartame as a sweetener has no effect on appetite or food intake. The same evaluation reaffirmed what regulators and health authorities have said many times before: aspartame is not associated with adverse effects for the population at large. |
 |
Consumers respond to lower calorie beverage options At Experimental Biology 2009, Dr. Maureen Storey, senior vice president of science policy for the American Beverage Association, briefed colleagues on her new analysis indicating that consumers of all ages are drinking more lower-calorie beverages than they did several years ago. |
 |
Fortified Fruit Juice Provides Convenient, Effective Delivery of Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Orange juice supplemented with docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a fatty acid linked to cognitive development and visual function, significantly increased blood DHA levels in healthy children, according to results of a new study undertaken by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and published in the April issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. |
 |
10 Tips for a Healthy Heart - from the American Dietetic Association Eating well and being physicall active are important for a healthy heart. Try these tips from the American Dietetic Association - your heart will thank you. |
 |
Diet Coke Teams Up with NHLBI on The Heart Truth™ to Raise Awareness of Women’s Heart Health Last year, Diet Coke helped get The Heart Truth message out to millions of people, and this year the goal is to help NHLBI reach even more consumers through local and national activities including a national print, TV and digital ad campaign featuring Diet Coke’s heart health ambassador Heidi Klum educational events, Heart Truth Road Shows and programs with Coca-Cola Company retail customers across the country. |
 |
Learn more about rebiana, the new low-calorie sweetener from the stevia plant Rebiana is the common name for a high-purity extract of rebaudioside-A, the best-tasting of the sweet compounds (steviol glycosides) present in stevia leaves. Rebiana is a food-grade ingredient that is at least 97 percent rebaudioside-A and approximately 200 times sweeter than sugar. |
 |
Straight Facts About Vitamin D - Brochure for Clients and Customers Vitamin D plays a critical role in bone health by increasing the body’s absorption of calcium. But our body’s need for this essential nutrient may not stop there. New research is uncovering other important relationships between vitamin D and health that suggest vitamin D may also play a role in strengthening the body’s defenses against some chronic conditions like cancer and heart disease. |
 |
September 29, 2008 - Vitamin D Added to FDA Osteoporosis Risk–Reduction Health As a result of a 2004 petition from the Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness of The Coca–Cola Company, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has amended its osteoporosis risk reduction health claim to reflect the importance of vitamin D, in combination with calcium, in promoting long–term bone health. |
 |
Beverage Institute Grant Supports USDA Nutrient Database Update for Vitamin D Content An unrestricted grant from The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness of The Coca–Cola Company is helping to support the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) efforts to reanalyze foods and beverages in the U.S. food supply for vitamin D content. |
 |
April 21, 2008 - Grocery Manufacturers Association Releases Science Policy Paper on Bisphenhol A The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today released Bisphenol A: A Guide for Consumers, Policymakers and the Media, the first in a series of science policy papers designed to provide current and scientifically accurate information and resources for journalists, health professionals and policymakers. |
 |
March 1, 2008 - American Dietetic Association Welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as an ADA Partner "Our partnership with the American Dietetic Association is central to our efforts to continually provide innovative options and information that address consumers' ever-changing tastes and that meet their hydration needs," said Rhona Applebaum, Vice President and Chief Scientific and Regulatory Officer at The Coca-Cola Company. "Like ADA, Coca-Cola understands that a healthy lifestyle involves balancing many different elements – staying physically active, consuming a balanced diet, getting enough rest – and even keeping a positive attitude. We are proud to partner with ADA to help provide Americans with information that allows them to make informed decisions about their personal well-being." |
 |
January 2, 2008 - Study Shows Vitamin D2 Is as Effective as Vitamin D3 in Maintaining Circulating Concentrations of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that vitamin D2 is equally as effective as vitamin D3 in maintaining 25-hydroxyvitamin D status. The study appears online in the December 2007 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. |
 |
November 2007 - Leading Experts Sign Scientific Consensus Statement on the Importance of Hydration in Health Governments, organizations and institutions responsible for establishing and implementing dietary guidelines should include scientifically based recommendations about the importance of hydration and total water intake to promote health and well-being. That's the conclusion of leading hydration- experts whose signatures appear at the end of the first published Scientific Consensus Statement on Hydration and Health (SCS). |
 |
October 14, 2007 - The Coca-Cola Company Steps Up Innovation With New Research Center For Chinese Medicine The Coca-Cola Company today announced the official opening of The Coca-Cola Research Center for Chinese Medicine at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing. |
 |
September 2007 - Expert Panel Affirms Aspartame Safety A thorough review of the existing of science related to the safety of aspartame by eight of the world's leading toxicologists has concluded that aspartame is safe even at the highest level of current consumption and that suggestions of adverse effects, including those raised by recent rat studies in Italy, have 'no credible scientific basis.' |
 |
April 1, 2007 – Dr. Maurice Arnaud named Beverage Institute Vice President and Executive Director Dr. Maurice Arnaud has been named vice president and executive director of The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness of The Coca-Cola Company. |
 |
April 9, 2007 - Beverage Institute President Don Short to Retire Don Short, President of The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness and Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company has announced his plans to retire at the end of 2007. |
 |
Vitamin D FDA Revised Health Claim As a result of a petition from The Coca-Cola Company's Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness (BIHW), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to amend the regulation governing the FDA-approved calcium and osteoporosis risk reduction health claim to add a claim for both calcium and vitamin D together, and to reflect the importance of both calcium and vitamin D in promoting long-term bone health. |
 |
Juice with Added Plant Sterols May Have Anti-Inflammatory Benefit Clinical study finds plant sterols added to orange juice or a reduced-calorie orange juice beverage reduces both LDL cholesterol and CRP -- a marker of inflammation linked to heart disease -- in healthy adults. |
 |
KO Partners with China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Beijing - The Coca-Cola Company signed a 15-year collaborative agreement with the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CATCM) during the Academy's 50th Anniversary Celebration in Beijing on Nov. 18. |
