Let’s take the mystery out of ‘why’ Venezuela has banned the sale of Coke Zero in their country. Maybe, it’s because this product produced in Venezuela contains sodium cyclamate.
Sodium cyclamate is an artificial sweetener discovered in 1937 by Michael Sveda. Michael was a graduate student at the University of Illinois. He discovered this sweetener quite by accident. Mr. Sveda was working in the lab on the synthesis of anti-fever medication. He put his cigarette down on the lab bench and when he put it back in his mouth he discovered the sweet taste of cyclamate.
Cyclamate was marketed in tablet form for use by diabetics as an alternative tabletop sweetener, as well as in liquid form.
In 1969, the FDA banned the sale and use of cyclamate stating it could cause cancer as indicated by a research study. However, the methods that were used in this study were a bit overdramatic. Read more about this under ‘works cited.’
A report completed after 1969, indicated that there was a possibility that the male reproductive DNA could be damaged from consuming sodium cyclamate. Check out this report listed under ‘works cited.’
In conclusion, the FDA still bans the sale and use of cyclamate in the United States. But, the Coca Cola Company is using it in their Coke Zero product manufactured and sold in Venezuela. Ironically, the marketing campaign to sell this product is male-oriented.
Well, for myself, I have no intention of drinking Coke Zero. Currently, my family and I drink SOBE Lifewater produced by Pepsico. This product contains stevia, which is a natural sweetener from a plant.
Works Cited:
•http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/opa-abey.html US FDA Petitions Currently Held in Abeyance
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Comments
None of the two links provided in the article as "works cited" are currently functioning.
Any proof that it contains sodium cyclamate?
OMG!
1. Go to Goggle.com. The main Web site with the ONE line search field.
2. Type in what you see between the two upright lines below here
| ingredients "Coke Zero" |
JUST LIKE THAT. No quotes around ingredients, quotes around "Coke Zero".
Tiny effort, zillions of answers.
Look for INDEPENDENT Web sites. Not those with an axe to grind.
Let news stories provoke you to seek.
Cut the cord. End spoon fed days.
Yeah, don't be so lazy. Though the writer could have likewise taken more effort.
Likewise search:
| sodium cyclamate "Coke Zero" |
Ba da boom! Ba da bing!
There's lots of information on this. Mexico's formula was changed, probably for the same reason.
SEEK and ye shall find.
Here is the label of Coke Zero in Venezuela, it used aspartame, not sodium cyclamate: h**p://imagesharing.com/storage/0906111150193746.jpg
Sodium Cyclamate
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