“Life tastes good” except when it tastes funny in Mexico

Consumer advocates in the U.S. have raised concerns over the use of a possibly carcinogenic sweetener added to the Mexican version of Coca-Cola Zero. Despite a Federal Drug Administration ban against sodium cyclamate, Mexico overturned its ban on the chemical shortly before Coca-Cola Zero was launched there.

Blog Mark in Mexico denounced the “anti-American lies, half truths, superstitions, myths and fables” against Coca-Cola Zero in Mexico. Yet several Mexican bloggers have been alarmed over the use of sodium cyclamate in the drink:

"One Web site calls Coca-Cola Zero 'poison,' while another accuses Coke of using sodium cyclamate in Mexico because it is cheaper than other sweeteners."

Coca-Cola has been involved in other controversies in the Americas; the “Killer Coke” campaign protesting antiunion violence in Colombia has led to the banning of Coke products in several U.S. and British universities.

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Sources- Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Mark in Mexico, Salud, Las cosas por las que vale la pena vivir!, Noches de Café y Luna, TIME, Gothamist, Monsters & Critics

Image- Sydney Morning Herald