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  2. Sugary drinks portion cap rule - Wikipedia

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    The sugary drinks portion cap rule, [1] [2] also known as the soda ban, [2] was a proposed limit on soft drink size in New York City intended to prohibit the sale of many sweetened drinks more than 16 fluid ounces (0.47 liters) in volume to have taken effect on March 12, 2013. [3] On June 26, 2014, the New York Court of Appeals, the state's ...

  3. Empty calories - Wikipedia

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    In human nutrition, empty calories are those calories found in foods and beverages (including alcohol) [1] composed primarily or solely of calorie-rich macronutrients such as sugars and fats, but little or no micronutrients, fibre, or protein. [2] Foods composed mostly of empty calories have low nutrient density, meaning few other nutrients ...

  4. Soft drink - Wikipedia

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    A mid-20th century jug of bottler's flavor for 7-Up. The syrup-like concentrate lacked sugar and was sold to franchisees in such glass containers to produce the soft drink for retail sale. Soft drinks are made by mixing dry or fresh ingredients with water. Production of soft drinks can be done at factories or at home.

  5. Fresca - Wikipedia

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    Fresca is a grapefruit -flavored citrus soft drink created by The Coca-Cola Company. Borrowing the word Fresca (meaning "fresh") from Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, it was introduced in the United States in 1966. Originally a bottled sugar-free diet soda, sugar sweetened versions were introduced in some markets.

  6. CSPI is a consumer advocacy organization. Its focus is nutrition and health, food safety, and alcohol policy. CSPI was founded in 1971 by the microbiologist Michael F. Jacobson, [1] along with the meteorologist James Sullivan and the chemist Albert Fritsch, two fellow scientists from Ralph Nader 's Center for the Study of Responsive Law. [2]

  7. Surge (drink) - Wikipedia

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    Surge (drink) Surge (sometimes styled as SURGE) is a citrus-flavored soft drink first produced in the 1990s by the Coca-Cola Company to compete with Pepsi 's Mountain Dew. Surge was advertised as having a more "hardcore" edge, much like Mountain Dew's advertising at the time, in an attempt to lure customers away from Pepsi.

  8. Diet soda - Wikipedia

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    Diet Coke, one of the highest-selling diet soft drinks in the world. Diet or light beverages (also marketed as sugar-free, zero-calorie, low-calorie, zero-sugar or zero) are generally sugar-free, artificially sweetened beverages with few or no calories. They are marketed for diabetics and other people who want to reduce their sugar and/or ...

  9. Asahi Soft Drinks - Wikipedia

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    Asahi Soft Drinks Co., Ltd (アサヒ飲料株式会社, Asahi Inryō Kabushiki Kaisha) is a soft drink company founded in 1982 and headquartered in the Azuma-bashi district of Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It is a subsidiary of Asahi Breweries .