Regulatory body names soft drinks that must not be taken with Vitamin C (SEE them)

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– The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has named some soft drinks Nigerians should watch out for

– The drinks reportedly have Benzoic acid in large quantities and were unsafe

– However, they also declared two other drinks safe for drinking with or without vitamin C

The Consumer Protection Council (CPC), has called for further investigation of soft drinks sold in Nigeria, as panic has continued to spread among consumers following a recent scary report that some contain higher than normal quantities of Benzoic acid.

Following the discovery that the benzoic acid in Mirinda and Lucozade is higher than the Nigerian regulatory standard of 250mg/kg, the CPC has intensified its investigation into the production method of both drinks.

According to Premium Times, the benzoic levels of both drinks are said to be up to 330mg/kg and 323.53mg/kg respectively.

Nigerians are the 4th largest consumers of soft drinks in the world

On Tuesday, April 11, the CPC director general, Dupe Atoki, said that the levels of two additives, Benzoic Acid and Sunset Yellow, in Fanta and Sprite were confirmed through laboratory analysis to be within the Nigerian Industrial Standards (NIS) limits.

READ ALSO: Fanta and Sprite: Why is it dangerous to drink them every day?

Earlier, the Court had ordered the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and

Control, (NAFDAC), to direct the Nigeria Bottling Company Plc., manufacturers of Fanta and Sprite soft drinks, to include a warning on the bottles of the products that the content cannot be taken with Vitamin C.

Atoki said though that the investigation is still ongoing, because despite the fact that the additives were within the NIS limits, other issues of significantly low and inconsistent levels of the Benzoic Acid in some samples of Fanta Orange, Sprite, Mirinda and Lucozade tested during the course of the investigation, require further perusal.

It is especially vital to know which drinks are safe or unsafe, as an earlier report on ZENITHBLOG.com revealed that as more and more soft drink brands flood the market, Nigeria has been listed as one of the countries with the highest volume of soft drink sales.

Speaking on Wednesday, March 30, at the Third International Trade Exhibition on agrofood, plastics, printing and packaging in Lagos, Martina Claus, the head of market development, German Engineering Federation, said Nigeria ranked fourth globally in the volume of soft drink sales recorded in 2016.

It is of course vital that you be careful what you take in for health reasons as illustrated in this ZENITHBLOG.com video:

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