Soft drink giant Coca-Cola is to join forces with the French
multinational pharmaceutical company ‘Sanofi’ to launch a new range of
‘beautific’ drinks. The two powerhouses even claim that the new drinks
will boost well-being as well as being able to ‘strengthen hair and
nails’.
If that wasn’t enough, those who drink the Beautific Oenobiol brand
on a regular basis, will apparently see an improvement to skin in
addition to weight loss. Whether all this is true or not is another
matter, but they are certainly bold statements from Coca-Cola and
Sanofi.
The drinks will be given a launch this autumn primarily in France,
before makers look to increase distribution throughout the rest of
Europe. A spokesman for the launch said: “This is a small-scale pilot
which is currently limited to a number of pharmacies in France.”
The Oenobiol range will come in four different flavours and will
consist of mineral water, fruit juice and nutritional additives. The
latter are what the manufacturers will help to embellish skin,
strengthen hair and nails, lose weight and improve vitality.
Despite the early promise, it does remain to be seen just how
successful the project will be between Coca-Cola and Sanofi. Their
Oenobiol drinks are following a disastrous precedent laid down in the
past after the shambles in 2009 that occurred when the drinks giant
teamed with food company Nestlé to produce the green-tea brand,
‘Enviga’, which too claimed various weight-loss benefits.
A marketing war ensued and a lawsuit battle which eventually involved
27 U.S. states. In an embarrassing climb-down for Coca-Cola and Nestlé,
all subsequent cans or bottles of Enviga were ordered to have a
disclaimer printed that made drinkers aware that the product would not
actually cause weight loss and that this would instead be achieved
through a healthy diet and exercise.
The news about the latest addition in a long line of health drinks
has not been met with excitement by everybody. It is believed that
Coca-Cola and Sanofi only even made announcements regarding the new
drinks after a leak from Sanofi labour union representatives. They
blasted that workers were irate the drug manufacturer was ‘spouting
about beauty drinks’ only a month after plans were made for job losses
expected to reach the 900 mark.
Release of drinks such as Enviga and Oenobiol are probably connected
to an increasing worldwide obesity epidemic and concerns are growing. In
recent years Coca-Cola and Pepsi, the world’s two biggest soft drinks
manufacturers, have released ‘zero’ branded low calorie, no-sugar drinks
aimed at those who are weight conscious.
However, the true ‘healthiness’ of these types of beverages is
debateable due to the high volume of additives that are loaded inside
the drinks, many of which are disastrous for teeth. After all, something
needs to be put inside the drinks to give them a sweet taste with there
being no sugar present.
In addition, it remains to be seen if the new drinks will be able to
promote weight loss, strengthen hair, skin and nails, etc. From Medical
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