Posts Tagged ‘animal carcinogen’

New chemical analyses have found that Coca-​Cola, Pepsi-​Cola, Diet Coke, and Diet Pepsi contain high levels of 4-​methylimidazole (4-​MI), a known animal carcinogen. The carcinogen forms when ammonia or ammonia and sulfites are used to manufacture the caramel colouring that gives those sodas their distinctive brown colours, according to the Center for Science in the…