Beverage Institute News
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June 27, 2008 - Beverage Institute Grant Supports USDA Nutrient Database Update for Vitamin D Content An unrestricted grant from The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness of |
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April 21, 2008 - Grocery Manufacturers Association Releases Science Policy Paper on Bisphenhol A The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) today released Bisphenol A: A Guide for Consumers, Policymakers and the Media, the first in a series of science policy papers designed to provide current and scientifically accurate information and resources for journalists, health professionals and policymakers. |
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March 1, 2008 - American Dietetic Association Welcomes The Coca-Cola Company as an ADA Partner The American Dietetic Association,the nation’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, announced March 1 that |
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January 17, 2008 - Heidi Klum Joins Diet Coke and The Heart Truth to Raise Awareness of Women’s Heart Health Supermodel Heidi Klum is joining Diet Coke to help raise awareness of women’s heart health through the Diet Coke Red Dress Program. The program is part of Diet Coke’s new partnership with The Heart Truth, a national awareness campaign about women and heart disease, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). |
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January 2, 2008 - Study Shows Vitamin D2 Is as Effective as Vitamin D3 in Maintaining Circulating Concentrations of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that vitamin D2 is equally as effective as vitamin D3 in maintaining 25-hydroxyvitamin D status. The study appears online in the December 2007 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. |
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November 2007 - Leading Experts Sign Scientific Consensus Statement on the Importance of Hydration in Health Governments, organizations and institutions responsible for establishing and implementing dietary guidelines should include scientifically based recommendations about the importance of hydration and total water intake to promote health and well-being. |
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October 14, 2007 - The Coca-Cola Company Steps Up Innovation With New Research Center For Chinese Medicine The Coca-Cola Company today announced the official opening of The Coca-Cola Research Center for Chinese Medicine at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences in Beijing. |
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September 2007 - Expert Panel Affirms Aspartame Safety A thorough review of the existing of science related to the safety of aspartame by eight of the world’s leading toxicologists has concluded that aspartame is safe even at the highest level of current consumption and that suggestions of adverse effects, including those raised by recent rat studies in Italy, have 'no credible scientific basis.' |
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April 9, 2007 - Beverage Institute President Don Short to Retire Don Short, President of The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness and Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company has announced his plans to retire at the end of 2007. |
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April 1, 2007 – Dr. Maurice Arnaud named Beverage Institute Vice President and Executive Director Dr. Maurice Arnaud has been named vice president and executive director of The Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness of The Coca-Cola Company. |
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Vitamin D FDA Revised Health Claim As a result of a petition from The Coca-Cola Company’s Beverage Institute for Health & Wellness (BIHW), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to amend the regulation governing the FDA-approved calcium and osteoporosis risk reduction health claim to add a claim for both calcium and vitamin D together, and to reflect the importance of both calcium and vitamin D in promoting long-term bone health. |
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KO Partners with China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Beijing - The Coca-Cola Company signed a 15-year collaborative agreement with the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CATCM) during the Academy's 50th Anniversary Celebration in Beijing on Nov. 18. |
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Juice with Added Plant Sterols May Have Anti-Inflammatory Benefit Clinical study finds plant sterols added to orange juice or a reduced-calorie orange juice beverage reduces both LDL cholesterol and CRP -- a marker of inflammation linked to heart disease -- in healthy adults. |
