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Reports: Huiyuan, Coca-Cola renew talks

Apr. 24, 2009
Chinese fruit juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group and Coca-Cola Corp. both declined to comment directly Friday on reports they were in renewed talks, this time for Coca-Cola to buy a minority stake in the company. Chinese regulators objected last month to a deal...
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Fruit juice may help people be skinnier

NEW ORLEANS, April 23 (UPI) -- People who drink a glass of 100 percent juice daily have fewer risk factors for several chronic diseases, U.S. researchers found.

Coca-Cola offers $2.4B for Chinese company

BEIJING, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Coca-Cola Co. has offered to buy China Huiyuan Juice Group Ltd., China's largest fruit juice firm, for $2.4 billion in cash.

Review: No link fruit juice, overweight

BATON ROUGE, La., May 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. review of 21 studies said there is no systematic association between consumption of 100 percent fruit juice and overweight children or adolescents.

First Juice provides less sugar to kids

DENVER, March 10 (UPI) -- Some health conscious parents dilute 100 percent fruit juice to decrease their child's sugar intake but this dilutes vitamins too, a U.S.pediatrician says.

Chinese wolfberry fruit is recalled

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of Great Wall brand Chinese Wolfberry fruit because it might contain undeclared sulfities.

Juice linked to children's weight gain

MELBOURNE, March 26 (UPI) -- Children who drink fruit juices and fruit drinks are more likely to be overweight or obese than those who don't, an Australian study found.

100-percent juice as good as produce

LONDON, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Juices are comparable in their ability to reduce risk compared to their whole fruit/vegetable counterparts, according to a British review.

Fruit juice not linked to pudgy toddlers

HOUSTON, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Don't be thrown by the sweet taste: Children shouldn't gain weight if they drink the right amount of fruit juice, a researcher in Texas said.

Fizzy Fruit uses natural carbonation

PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- An Oregon State University food technologist says he hopes the new patented Fizzy Fruit -- carbonated fruit -- will get more kids to eat fruit.

Salmonella outbreak linked to juice

DETROIT, July 14 (UPI) -- A Florida company has recalled unpasteurized orange juice sold in the Detroit area because of possible salmonella contamination.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler