Cola major gets a taste of panchayat power

A multi-billion-dollar transnational corporation has had to blink first in an eyeball-to-eyeball dispute with an obscure panchayat of Kerala. On …

India second-biggest market for sugary beverages: Lancet report

Double malnutrition on the rise in India due to shift to ultra-processed foods, private sector push

Kolkata's desi soft drink

The US beverage giants shell out billions to pop out punch-lines, and repackage Shah Rukh Khan to counter the repackaged Aamir Khan and vice-versa.…

Soft drink companies investing heavily in developing countries, says report

Multinationals have taken to low and medium income countries as sales slowdown in North America and Europe

Soft drinks do contain pesticides

The Joint Parliamentary Committee has finally delivered its verdict. Affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment's findings about the …

Pesticides in soft drinks: media war

With their reputation at stake, the soft drinks industry started a major public relations offence. After decades of some of the most glamorous …

FSSAI expert group recommendations on junk food regulation add nothing new

Its report asks for additional tax on junk food and ban on advertising such foods on children's shows but has no plan for implementation

Lies, well told

In reel life, when things go wrong, the director takes recourse to a re-take. Then there are the stunt-men, who stand in for the hero when the …

Kerala panchayat wins face-off with Coke

Two recent directives of the Kerala High Court have further vindicated the Perumatty Grama Panchayat's stand in its face-off with the Hindustan …

Fat Chance

Reducing obesity -- the leading cause of non-communicable diseases in the world -- has become a political game. At stake are the interests of the …

Tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in Mexico associated with drop in sales, says study

Levying higher taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, alcohol and gambling is a global practice

Nestle admits its food portfolio unhealthy: Why front of pack labelling is important

The Swiss multinational food and beverage multinational has admitted some of its products will never be healthy no matter how much it …

South Africa to impose tax on sugary drinks from April 2018

South African parliament has passed a tax bill on carbonated drinks, which are now the third most commonly consumed beverage among very young …

Using sugar substitutes to lose weight could cause harm long-term, warns WHO

Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight; could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults

Pesticides in our food

There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. …

We found to our horror

By regulation, the soft drink industry must use "potable" water. But what's that? Who ensures municipalities meet standards? What …

Tata Tea under scanner for poor living condition and coercion of workers

World Bank authorises enquiry after investing US $8 million in the global beverages company

Prominent Indian tea brands contain pesticides: Greenpeace

Study finds 67 per cent of tested samples of packed tea leaves contained banned pesticide DDT; some samples had acutely poisonous monocrotophos

SC raps FSSAI

Asks it to reconstitute panels examining the harmful effects of chemicals and toxins in carbonated beverages and other food items

Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?

If you think free publicity, like 'free lunch', is a no-no in this newly liberalised world of ours, you have got it all wrong. Take a dekko at …

Night out with science

I drink cola, therefore I am?

Victory over Coke

Useful but expensive

Against slavery of a new kind