Coca-Cola responded caramel events

Yesterday, foreign and Hong Kong media reported that the Center for Science in the American public (CSPI) released a research report, said the Coca-Cola and Pepsi and other beverages are widely used in food should be strictly prohibit the use of caramel, because these substances is very may be carcinogenic. In response, Coca-Cola said its caramel color used by the company and does not cause cancer.
According to yesterday, the British "Daily Mail", Hong Kong, "Lianhe Zaobao" and other reports, CSPI noted that Coca-Cola and Pepsi contained in a component may lead to cancer risk, should be "disabled." They raised concerns about the ingredient is a synthetic pigment --- caramel brown. The researchers pointed out that this pigment can lead to thousands of people suffering from cancer.
CSPI noted that this artificial caramel coloring, and use at home to cook a pan melt the sugar into caramel different, it is made of sugar, ammonia and nitrite in the chemical reaction under high pressure and temperature from the process, will produce 2-MI, and 4-MI of two chemicals. U.S. researchers found that 2-MI, and 4-MI in mice caused lung cancer, liver cancer, thyroid cancer or leukemia. CSPI urged the Food and Drug Administration, should be prohibited in the dark drink the use of ammonia caramel, soft drinks obesity is a major health threat to patients. Sugar and ammonia will produce a chemical reaction caused by carcinogens, and lead to cancer-causing thousands of Americans.
In response, this response to yesterday's Coca-Cola China, said: "Our drinks are completely safe."
"CSPI is irresponsible drinks in a statement questioned our use of caramel in the security, and no reason to provoke consumer concern about cancer. In fact studies have shown that our products will not be used in caramel cause cancer. "side said Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola contains only a reference to the compound by CSPI quality, the quality of this compound occurs in the cooking" browning reaction "(a common food discoloration), which substances in many foods and beverages contain.
In addition, yesterday responded to the American Beverage Association also said there is no evidence that the caramel compounds can lead to human cancer.