Soft power

Ban brominated vegetable oil in the United States! Did you know that in many sodas, there is a toxic chemical called brominated vegetable oil? This chemical is put into sodas like Mt. Dew and Fanta Orange, to name a couple, so that the ingredients won’t separate. You can even see this chemical if you hold it up to the sunlight for example, Mt. Dew. When you hold it up it is cloudy. This chemical causes many health problems such as memory loss, skin rashes, severe acne, fatigue, loss of…

In the past few years, there has been a considerable amount of talk about the increase in metabolic disease statistics, such as diabetes and heart disease. Another rising statistic is the amount of people that are obese in New Zealand. Many people are keen on finding the reason of this increase and one of the popular targets is sugary drinks. A sugary drink is any beverage with added sugar or sweetener. Some examples of sugary drinks are sodas like Coca Cola or Pepsi, fruit juice, sports…

Avery’s Beverage for over a century has proven to be a soda company that has flourished by using its old manufacturing methods. Sherman F. Avery began making soda in a red barn on Corbin Ave, New Britain, in the summer of 1904. Ever since, Avery’s has continued to produce its organic sodas the same way. The company starts by making its soda with 750 pounds of real cane sugar mixed with water. It then adds flavoring to the syrup mix, which is poured into the bottles with carbonated water. Shake…

its impacts helped shaped the life we live today Coca-Cola was founded in 1886 by a pharmacist named Dr. John S. Pemberton who intended to create a soft drink for a soda fountain. After the creation of the soft drink, John Pemberton sold each of the Coca-Cola glasses for 5 cents each and sold about nine servings a day. Coca-Cola is not just a soft drink, with each sip it represents the happiness and peace of a time…

Behavior Modification The long term change I intend to make is to drastically cut my sugar intake by at least 75% of my current consumption. The benefits out-weigh the instant gratification considerably. To begin I have compiled a small list of the current effects that sugar has on me , as well as the potential profits of making the change to lower my intake. I currently drink eight regular sodas on a daily basis. As soon as I pop open my first soda for the day, my brain craves the sugar…

First off, what is a nudge you may ask? The idea behind a nudge is to give people a set of options that are designed to push them into making a certain choice. Behavioral economists call this choice architecture. A successful nudge revolves around providing a chosen default option so that when consumers don’t choose actively, the default choice is made on their behalf. A common nudge is to reframe opt-in/out defaults for programs that involve enrollment choices. Organ-donation programs in A…

For a long time, people have been dropping different items into soda, watching it froth up and fizz. They were entertained by the reaction, but some were more interested in how it occured. In 1999, David Letterman, of the Late Show, featured kid scientists on his show as they showed this experiment to his audience. Since then, people have been curious about the science behind this experiment. In 2006, this experiment was featured on an episode of Mythbusters. They discussed the chemicals…

Soda is a drink that has been popular for many years. The things that make soda so good are high-fructose corn syrup and carbonated water. Many people like drinking soda because they like sugar. Drinking soda now causes type two diabetes (Everyday Health Media). The percentage amount of kids drinking soda has rose from seventy-nine to ninety-one percent ("Sugary Drinks and Obesity Fact Sheet"). Soda becomes even more popular when the companies who make then begin coming up with new ideas for…

Tonic water is a carbonated liquid which is commonly used as a mixer for many alcoholic beverages such as Gin and Tonic. Tonic water is often used in mixed drinks as it has a very bitter taste, as a result of the chemical called Quinine. This chemical was once used as a drug to treat Malaria and is found in the bark of Cinchona trees (Yoquinto, 2012). To assist in swallowing the drug, it was put into tonic water. A British Officer in colonial India during the 1800's found that mixing alcohol…

and furthermore plotting the trademarked, specific substance, still used today. Dr. Pemberton sold bits of his business to various social occasions, with a large portion of the interest sold to Atlanta operator, Asa G. Candler. Under Mr. Candler's power, appointment…