CSPI threatens lawsuit against Coca-Cola for 'fraudulent' weight loss claims over Enviga beverage: NewsTarget.com

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has decided to serve notice on Coca-Cola and Nestlé -- the companies behind the beverage Enviga -- stating that both companies are marketing the drink using calorie-burning and weight loss claims that are fraudulent.

The CSPI group -- based in Washington in the U.S. -- is a watchdog group that has taken legal action against companies such as KFC and PepsiCo over labeling and health issues in the past. This new lawsuit with Coca-Cola and Nestlé coincides with this week's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hearing on how to regulate labeling and health claims for foods and beverages.

The Enviga product is a carbonated green tea beverage that claims to burn more calories than it provides, and contains the active ingredient epigallocatechin gallate -- EGCG -- an antioxidant that occurs in green tea. A Coca-Cola corporate press release suggested that drinking three cans of Enviga would burn between 60 and 100 calories, which the CSPI says is fraudulent.

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