Coca-Cola and Pepsi had to change the "carcinogenic" recipe 2012

Manufacturers of Coca-Cola and Pepsi modified the composition of their products. Under the new California law would otherwise have to be on the package label of "carcinogenic". Change applies only to the United States, European laws in the composition of the drinks do not see a problem. America's new California requires that food and drinks that contain additive 4-methylimidazol were labeled with a warning that can cause cancer.

     A spokesman for Coca-Cola, which sells 1.7 billion beverages annually worldwide, said it contacted its suppliers to use a different caramel coloring. "The taste of our cola but no change." he said.

     The new law came into the law activists for the rights of customers. Even though the only change required California, the company changed the formula in all U.S. states to complicate production.

     In Europe, but the composition does not contradict the laws on the safety of food. Coca-Cola recipe and in European countries remains the same. PepsiCo comment on whether it will change your drink beyond the United States.

     Companies that occupy up to 90 percent of the U.S. beverage market, refuse ingredients that can cause cancer. Caramel is a safe material according to them, and is recognized by all European food organizations. Tests have shown that 4-methylimidazol may lead to an increase in tumors in animals but in humans it still did not show one.

     "It is important to understand the results of the study. One would have to drink more than a thousand cans per day to get to a level that in rodents demonstrated carcinogenic effects," the spokesman for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Food and drug control.

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