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Someting new in soft drinks has been bottled

There are enough new soft drinks around to float the Bismarck, and a few have something unusual to offer. For example:

Purdey's Elixir Vitae ("sparkling herbal and multivitamin fruit juice drink"), imported from England, looks as if it's in a tiny milk can or aluminum flask. In fact that's an 8 1/2-ounce glass bottle in the kind of plastic shrink-wrap that has made the bottles of Arizona iced tea look as if they're painted.

Purdey's is one of a growing class of soft drinks containing possibly pharmacologically active substances. In this case (besides carbonated water, grape and apple juices from ...

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