Article: What's lurking in your child's fizzy drinks? After cancer-causing benzene is found in favourite brands...

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
April 11, 2006
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Byline: ANGELA DOWDEN

FOUR soft drinks were taken off the shelves recently after being linked to potentially cancercausing chemical benzene.

But what else is in the fizzy drinks so appealing to children, and are they damaging their health?

Here, nutritionist ANGELA DOWDEN, analyses the sugar and additive content of some of the most popular brands. All figures are per 330ml (average can or large glass).

COCA-COLA Calories: 139; Sugar: 7 lumps (36g); Artificial sweeteners: No; Other additives: Phosphoric and citric acid, colour (caramel, E150d), flavourings, caffeine.

Preservative-free, but one can provides over half the ...

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