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Coca-Cola´s tax planning is international
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Coca-Cola´s tax planning is international

18.10.18 | Por Moriti Neto
Coca-Cola´s tax benefits start “at home”, pass through Brazil and concern the European Union By Moriti Neto and Guilherme Zocchio The British magazine Ethical Consumer, created by an independent group of researchers, activists and journalists, is headquartered in Manchester, England, since 1989. Its priority as a mission is to keep track of the “challenging corporate […]
Brazil: Danone provided controversial nutritional guidance to 300,000 children
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Brazil: Danone provided controversial nutritional guidance to 300,000 children

17.05.18 | Por João Peres
A project in schools prescribes three servings of cheese, milk or yogurt per day, a recommendation that is not consensual within the scientific community A Danone project has given controversial nutritional guidance to at least 300,000 students in Brazil’s public school system. Despite the promise to talk about healthy habits, the 1, 2, 3 Saúde […]
Payback time: the sugar epidemic in snapshots
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Payback time: the sugar epidemic in snapshots

02.04.18 | Por Moriti Neto
A project by a Spanish photographer uses high-quality images to hit back at food corporations and combat obesity  Shopping list in hand, I walk (or run, depending on the day) around the supermarket checking out nutrition tables before I put anything in my trolley. The shelves are vast, visually polluted. The letters are tiny. It’s […]
Australian researcher breaks contract with Nestlé after attack against Brazilian professor
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Australian researcher breaks contract with Nestlé after attack against Brazilian professor

20.02.18 | Por João Peres
Paediatrician Susan Prescott leaves Advisory Board after ten years. ‘When I see attempts to disparage the NOVA system by industry-funded players I can only conclude that such efforts are the hallmarks of intellectual escapism’ “Researchers who remain entrenched in defending ultra-processed foods are finding themselves on the wrong side of history”, decrees Susan Prescott. Professor of […]