Coca-Cola's Dasani water found to contain alarming levels of cancer-causing chemicals
Coca-Cola's Dasani brand of bottled water was found to have illegally high levels of bromate, a cancer-causing chemical, say company executives in the UK. Coca-Cola, which had called their water, "as pure as bottled water gets," immediately recalled 500,000 bottles. It is, of course, a public relations disaster for the company, which has been trying to develop new markets other than soft drinks (see related ebook on soft drinks).
So what's the real story? For years, Coca-Cola has stood adamantly against consumers buying water. In the United States, the company even ran a campaign called, "Just say no to H2O" with Olive Garden restaurants that trained waters to push soft drinks onto guests who might otherwise have only wanted to drink water. Prizes and free trips were given away to the waiters who sold the most soft drinks to customers.
In time, however, Coca-Cola realized it couldn't fight the trend towards water forever, so it came up with its own water brand. But instead of bottling spring water, Coca-Cola decided to bottle tap water. That's right: the very same water you get out of your kitchen faucet. Only Coca-Cola purified the water and then added in a minute amount of minerals. They then sold the water at enormous markups: as much as 300,000% (not a typo) over the original price for the water. That's the Coca-Cola way, it seems: take a bunch of really cheap ingredients, slap on a pretty label, and push it to the public at extraordinary markups. Heck, it worked for soft drinks, why not water, too?
Unfortunately, this process of purifying the water turns out to be less than ideal, in this case at least, since the Dasani water was found to be contaminated with bromate. The lesson here is that there's no water as pure as spring water. If you want to drink bottled water, shop for water that's bottled at the source, from natural springs, without any added ingredients.
I should point out that every Dasani bottling plant operates on a different water source, using different equipment. And this was a scare in the UK, not the U.S., so just because high levels of bromate were found in the UK products doesn't mean they're present in the States. But the point is valid: tap water is never as good as spring water, no matter how you process it. If you find this article interesting, be sure to also read 'Satire: the unauthorized history of Coca-Cola.'
Get rid of it? How? By pouring it down the gutter? In somewhere as hot as India, anyone seen wasting that amount of fluid may well be attacked in the street
I'm not saying it's right to distribute alcohol, mind.
Hmm... so all soft drinks contain alcohol but there is a small amount of it. But I've always thought that alcohol in small amounts is not halal, right?
Hmm... so all soft drinks contain alcohol but there is a small amount of it. But I've always thought that alcohol in small amounts is not halal, right?
It is only permitted if it not intoxicating, meaning that even if you drink large amount, you will not become intoxicated. If you, then it is completely haram, even if it's little.
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whatever intoxicates in large amounts, a little of it is haraam.” Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, 1865; Abu Dawood, 3681; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood.
Apparantly, there has been an update on the controversial coca-cola-alcohol subject.
The article:
By Fouzia van der Fort
All Coca-Cola contains alcohol, but not nearly enough for it to be declared haraam, or prohibited, in terms of Islamic belief.
Representatives from the Halaal Trust, Muslim Judicial Council (MJC), Islamic Council of South Africa and the Sunni Ulama Council, following the test results at an independent laboratory report in Durban, declared that the alcohol amount was the equivalent to five sugar granules in a pot of a million and notenough to intoxicate a consumer.
They visited three bottling plants in Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town and were satisfied that alcohol was not used in the manufacturing of Coca-Cola.
Analytical toxicologist Volker Schillack explained that alcohol is produced when sugar reacts with yeast.
Moulana Abdool Wahab Wookay, chief executive officer of the trust, explained that while alcohol was not an ingredient of Coca-Cola, its contents naturally reacted with each other resulting in the presence of alcohol.
Greg Morse, manufacturing director of Coca-Cola, said in an earlier statement that "no alcohol is added as an ingredient and no fermentation takes place".
The Halaal Trust sent three bottles of Coca-Cola for testing: one with a defective seal, one with a waxy substance floating in it and a standard bottle.
In the standard bottle of Coca-Cola, 0.00052 percent of alcohol was found, which Wookay said was too small to have any effect.
Wookay explained: "When one consumes something in excess, it has an effect and becomes haraam (prohibited) for you."
The Halaal Trust has consulted with Jakim, a Malaysian government department which certifies products.
Malaysia receives its Coke concentrate from Swaziland, as does South Africa.
"Jakim has certified Coca-Cola to be halaal," said Wookay.
Their fatwa (decree) states that a beverage is "harus" (allowed) if, after it is diluted, the alcohol level is about 0.01 percent.
Last month a Mpumalanga doctor, Haroon Dindar, bought a crate of 1,25 litre bottles of Coke from a bottling plant in Ermelo.
One of the bottles he opened smelt of alcohol. He sent the contents for testing, which showed it contained 0,925g of alcohol per 100ml.
Wookay said: "Conclusive evidence is necessary to certify the product halaal."
Denise Green, marketing services manager of the company, said they had received word from the MJC that it was fine for Muslims to go on drinking Coca-Cola.
"We have not seen the results, and are unable to comment on the situation" said Green.
Lol remember few years ago when there was a big silly conspiracy that if you fold the coke logo in a certain way there's a pic of the deivl or summin? When I heard and saw it, I think that was the closest time i got "wasted" by coca cola
Lol remember few years ago when there was a big silly conspiracy that if you fold the coke logo in a certain way there's a pic of the deivl or summin? When I heard and saw it, I think that was the closest time i got "wasted" by coca cola
Remember the rumors where they used to put cocaine in coke hence the name coke.
Here we go the great "coke conspiracy" could be a Hoax but then again what if its not? Better to stay away till its confirmed. Once the lest bit of doubt arises we should stay away from it and insh`Allah our eman will incerese and we'll be rewarded for our sincere intentions.
On the authority of Abu Muhammad al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Taib, the grandson of the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam, and who is dearest to him, radiyallahu 'anhuma, who said:
"I committed to memory from the Messenger of Allah, sallallahu 'alayhi wasallam," (the following words):
Leave that about which you are in doubt for that about which you are in no doubt.
[Al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasaíi related it, and al-Tirmidhi said: It is a good and genuine Hadith]
There is another version of this hadith where the Prophet, sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam, elaborated further by saying: “Verily, truth is tranquillity and falsehood is doubt.”
This means that the truth will lead to tranquillity and falsehood will lead to doubt.
This hadith indicates that one should only perform an act or deed (which is permissible and proper) if he is positive or certain of it. Performing this act will lead to some kind of tranquillity or happiness in this life and in the Hereafter – this is one of the benefits of applying the hadith.
ok well im sure that many people have seen the rumors bout cocacola...
that if u turn it the other way it means "No Mecca NO Mohammed" right?
well i was looking at there website..http://cocacola.com/index1.html....
in i was lookin for there contact # but then i found this http://www2.coca-cola.com/contactus/...ors/index.html... its bout the rumors that we been hearing...i dont know if there true or not still...even after reading that page...:confused: ...they say they aren't a Jewish company either....oh well i dunno....u guys read n figure it out...tell me ur thoughts about there reply.... ......................oh yeh look under the Middle eats rumors...
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Hope you all people are fine in HEALTH and IMAN ...INSHALLAH ....Well I heard this long time ago but not sure about that tooo........Well one more thing I like to share with you people that here in PAKISTAN one of the famous Islamic Scholar Related to Tableegi Jamaat as well named DR. TARIQ JAMIL.......he said that ALLLAH (SWT) make the system in human body that its discharge carbondioxide as it considered harmful for our body ...........then if you read the ingredient on PEPSI , COCA-COLA and other soft drink CANS or BOTTLE you will find out the CARBONIC ACID also include in that drink ..........so he means to say why we use these drinks and enter this carbonic acid again in our body aren't we live without them ........well I think it's depent on TAQWA ..........what is your opinion regarding this
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