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**TorryJens** · 08-04-2012, 11:27 PM

Switching from corn syrup to sugar makes Coke a carcinogen?!

Kosher for Passover Coca-Cola has been barred from California.

California’s new state laws on toxic chemicals are keeping kosher for Passover Coke out of the state, a company spokesman told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.

Coke was required to change the way it manufactures caramel due to the high levels of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MEI, which California has listed as a carcinogen under its new guidelines. The manufacturing changes in California affected the kosher for Passover status of the cola, according to reports... source: http://forward.com/articles/154464/c...ver-coca-cola/

08-04-2012, 11:27 PM	#2
TorryJens Join Date Nov 2008 Posts 4,494 Senior Member	California Bans Kosher for Passover Coca-Cola Switching from corn syrup to sugar makes Coke a carcinogen?! Kosher for Passover Coca-Cola has been barred from California. California’s new state laws on toxic chemicals are keeping kosher for Passover Coke out of the state, a company spokesman told the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Coke was required to change the way it manufactures caramel due to the high levels of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MEI, which California has listed as a carcinogen under its new guidelines. The manufacturing changes in California affected the kosher for Passover status of the cola, according to reports... source: http://forward.com/articles/154464/c...ver-coca-cola/
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