No way! Coca-Cola ran giant ads in local Australian papers saying the soft drink doesn’t contribute to obesity, but the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission took issue and forced them to publish corrective advertisements. The ACCC said the ads had the potential to mislead parents about the “potential consequences” of consuming Coke and that the messages were “totally unacceptable”, creating a misleading impression that the soda beverage would not contribute to weight gain, obesity, and tooth decay.
In the corrective ads, Coca-Cola doesn’t directly say that their beverage doesn’t contribute but that “no single food or beverage alone is responsible for weight gain.” It also corrected the assertion that a 250 milliliter Diet Coke contains half the amount of caffeine as the same portion of tea; it really contains two-thirds.
We found it ironic that the original ads featured Australian actress Kerry Armstrong and a personal message about being bombarded with conflicting messages about food and drinks; that “one day something is good for you and the next day it’s bad and that can be confusing”. (The actress wasn’t featured in the corrective ads.)
hi everyone. i thought you'd like to see something my daughter just sent me. it's a video link for people like me who are on medicare and have diabetes. i don't know about you, but all those other commercial make me feel like i did something wrong. this one is so cute. they treat us like its no big deal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQvGMaG2P5U
Posted by: Joan | 04/20/2009 at 12:53 PM