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Healthier schools: Goodbye candy and greasy snacks
Goodbye candy bars and sugary cookies. Hello baked chips and diet sodas. The government for the first time is proposing broad new standards to make ...
Ready to rumble: Super Bowl fans get in the game
You don't have to be a football player to be a part of the action on Super Bowl Sunday. Coca-Cola is asking people to vote for an online match between ...
Doritos to roll out chips in 'Taco Bell' flavor
Frito-Lay wants a bigger bite of Taco Bell's popular Doritos Locos Tacos. The snack food giant plans to roll out its Doritos in a "Taco Bell" flavor ...
Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient
PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink in response to customer complaints. Molly Carter, a spokeswoman for ...
No big Google bash at Davos this year
What's the hot gossip on the party circuit at Davos this year? No big Google bash. For the past few years, the hottest invitation at the World ...
Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over drinks
The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while critics said it would ...
Coca-Cola to address obesity for first time in ads
Coca-Cola became one of the world's most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it's taking to the airwaves for the first ...
Dr Pepper maker fills out 10-calorie lineup
When it comes to the calories in diet soda, Dr Pepper thinks 10 is the new zero. Starting next month, the country's No. 3 soft drink company plans to ...
Tropicana uses the carrot to squeeze juice sales
Tropicana wants more people to drink its juice, so it's extending a carrot — and a bushel of other vegetables. As sugar-conscious Americans continue ...
Diet Pepsi quietly changes sweetener
Diet Pepsi is quietly changing its sweetener ahead of a major rebranding of the soft drink set for next month. The change comes as PepsiCo Inc.
Kellogg says Pringles helped fatten profits
Kellogg's appetite for salty snacks is helping fatten its profits. The world's biggest cereal maker — best known for its Frosted Flakes, Pop-Tarts and ...
DreamWorks chairman resigns, replaced by director
DreamWorks Animation SKG says Chairman Roger Enrico has resigned, effective immediately. The movie studio is replacing Enrico, a former CEO of PepsiCo ...
FDA: 5 reported deaths with Monster drink link
The highly caffeinated Monster Energy Drink has been cited in five deaths and one non-fatal heart attack, according to reports that the U.S. Food and ...
PepsiCo profit dips; more ads, new products on tap
PepsiCo Inc.'s net income dipped 5 percent in the third quarter as the snack food and beverage maker poured more money into bolstering its flagship ...
One Direction, NFL's Drew Brees join Pepsi for ad
One Direction is Pepsi's newest pop star. The soda company is partnering with the boy band and NFL star Drew Brees for an ad that will debut this week
Soda industry: Vending machines will show calories
As criticism of sugary sodas intensifies, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are rolling out new vending machines that will put calorie counts right at your ...
Want some taste with that ice cream?
Nonfat cheese that tastes like plastic. Low-calorie soda that leaves a bitter aftertaste. Sugar-free brownies that crumble like Styrofoam.
Kellogg in deal to bring cereal, snacks to China
Kellogg wants more people in China to wake up to a bowl of its cereal. The maker of Frosted Flakes, Pop-Tarts and Eggo waffles says that it formed a ...
Doritos Super Bowl contest teams with Michael Bay
Doritos is upping the prize for its annual "Crash the Super Bowl" contest, bringing in Michael Bay, a big name movie director who is no stranger to ...
AOL names board director as new CFO
AOL has harvested a new chief financial officer from its board of directors. Karen Dykstra, an AOL Inc. board member since 2009, took over the CFO job ...
Buying American in Tehran: Apples, razors and Coke
The Great Satan still sells in Iran. Even after decades of diplomatic estrangement and tightening economic sanctions, American products manage to find ...
What's for breakfast? Mountain Dew drinks
Rise and shine. It's time for breakfast soda. Taco Bell said Friday that it's adding Mtn Dew A.M — a mix of Mountain Dew soda and Tropicana orange ...
Diet Pepsi formula getting a sweetener tweak
Diet Pepsi is tweaking its formula to stay sweet a little longer. PepsiCo Inc. is testing new artificial sweeteners that let the soda keep its taste ...
Yale president stepping down after 20 years
Yale University President Richard C. Levin, who oversaw a big building and renovation program and an expansion in financial aid programs, announced ...
Facebook hits new low as IPO lock-up ends
Facebook's stock plunged to a new low Thursday as some of the social networking leader's early backers got their first chance to sell their shares ...