Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. did not violate California consumer fraud laws by branding Diet Dr Pepper using the word “diet,” the Ninth Circuit ruled, finding that reasonable consumers are unlikely to assume that a soft drink described as “diet” promises “weight loss, healthy weight management, or other health benefits.”
Read moreLong since linked to higher mortality rates, people who consume two or more glasses of sugary or artificially sweetened soft drinks a day are at a higher risk of dying from circulatory or digestive diseases, according to new research released Tuesday.
Read moreA California Democrat shelved his bill calling for a statewide two cent per-ounce tax on sugary drinks Monday, vowing to bring it before the Legislature for a fourth time next year.
Read moreCalifornia lawmakers opened the can on a statewide soda tax Tuesday, claiming higher prices for soda and other sugary drinks will help combat a nationwide obesity epidemic.
Read moreThere might be another reason to avoid sugary drinks, according to a study released Thursday that links high-fructose corn syrup to colon cancer – at least in the case of several lab mice who developed tumors after just two months of sipping sugary water daily.
Read moreReigniting their fight against soda companies they claim are fattening Californians, state lawmakers introduced a five-pack of bills Wednesday that includes a new tax and a cap on soda sizes.
Read moreAn en banc Ninth Circuit on Thursday ordered a trial court to take a second look at blocking a San Francisco ordinance requiring warning labels on billboard ads for sugary drinks.
Read moreAn expanded panel of Ninth Circuit judges on Tuesday reconsidered whether a San Francisco law requiring warning labels on billboard ads for soda passes constitutional muster, with the soda industry arguing that singling out sodas and other sugary drinks as the main contributor to health problems sends a misleading message to consumers.
Read moreBy PAN PYLAS LONDON (AP) — Coca-Cola is hoping for a caffeine-fueled boost with the acquisition of British coffee chain
Read moreCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Thursday that bans new local taxes on sugary drinks through 2030, in order to stop what he called “an abomination” of a ballot initiative planned by the beverage industry to make it harder to pass soda taxes.
Read moreA federal judge in Missouri ruled that Dr. Pepper can’t dodge a class action claiming its Canada Dry Ginger Ale is not made with real ginger.
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A Dr. Pepper Snapple Group shareholder claims in court that the impending $18.7 billion acquisition of the beverage behemoth by specialty coffee company Keurig Green Mountain is tainted by the alleged withholding of crucial information about the deal.
Read moreJust months after the city of Seattle passed a tax on sugary drinks, health advocates and soda magnates are firing up efforts to influence Washington voters on similar taxes in the future.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit will rehear en banc whether San Francisco can force soda companies to attach black-box warning labels to certain ads, according to an order issued by the court’s chief judge on Monday.
Read moreThe board at Dr. Pepper Snapple Group agreed to a buyout by coffee giant Keurig, the companies revealed Monday, saying their combined annual sales are expected to top $11 billion.
Read moreThe European Court of Justice rejected a challenge Wednesday over competing bottles of tonic water in Spain, both of which are branded Schweppes.
Read moreCoca-Cola secured a key reversal Thursday in its years-long battle against a Syrian company with a strikingly similar soda logo.
Read moreA federal judge refused to dismiss a copyright lawsuit over Pepsi’s time-traveling 2016 Super Bowl ad, allowing an advertising firm’s case to proceed to discovery.
Read moreGatorade made misleading “anti-water statements” while pushing the benefits of its sports drinks in a video game marketed to teenagers, according to a settlement announced Thursday by California’s attorney general.
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A three-judge Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday struck down an effort to force soda companies to affix black-box warning labels to certain types of ads, finding it “unduly burdened and chilled protected speech.”
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