Coca-Cola, Sanofi team for new line of "Beautific" drinks

(Reuters) – U.S. soft drink company Coca-Cola Co is teaming up with French drugmaker Sanofi to launch a line of drinks in France that will claim to aid health and beauty. The partnership calls for the co-development and distribution of drinks under the Oenobiol “Beautific” brand, a Coca-Cola spokesman said. “This is a small-scale pilot which is currently limited to a number of pharmacies in France,” the spokesman, Kent Landers, said. He declined to say whether the drinks could later be sold more widely. A Sanofi spokesman was not immediately available to comment. …

Regulators dispute finding of cancer-causing soda

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. regulators said soft drinks from PepsiCo Inc and Coca-Cola Co posed no health risk, contrary to a U.S. watchdog group that reported several popular brands contain high levels of a chemical linked to cancer in animals. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) said it found unsafe levels of a chemical used to make caramel color in cans of Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc’s Dr. Pepper, and Whole Foods’ 365 Cola. …