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The issue began in 2011 when the non-profit group Children of God for Life (CGL) first broke the news about Pepsi's alliance with Senomyx, which led to massive outcry and a worldwide boycott of Pepsi products. At that time, it was revealed that Pepsi had many other options at its disposal to produce flavor chemicals, which is what its competitors do, but had instead chosen to continue using aborted fetal cells -- or as Senomyx deceptively puts it, "isolated human taste receptors"
To be clear, the aborted fetal tissue used to make Pepsi's flavor chemicals does not end up in the final product sold to customers, according to reports -- it is used, instead, to evaluate how actual human taste receptors respond to these chemical flavorings.
Originally posted by Morpheas
Pepsi does use these cells, but they are NOT in the soft drinks..
To be clear, the aborted fetal tissue used to make Pepsi's flavor chemicals does not end up in the final product sold to customers, according to reports -- it is used, instead, to evaluate how actual human taste receptors respond to these chemical flavorings.
Originally posted by Morpheas
Pepsi does use these cells, but they are NOT in the soft drinks..
To be clear, the aborted fetal tissue used to make Pepsi's flavor chemicals does not end up in the final product sold to customers, according to reports -- it is used, instead, to evaluate how actual human taste receptors respond to these chemical flavorings.
Originally posted by ShadeWolf
reply to post by Morpheas
They are not aborted fetal cells! This has been discussed a number of times already. They use a cell culture line based on a fetus from the early 1970s. You might've heard of another cell line called HeLa, derived from a woman in the 1950s that's been used to test any number of products, including the polio vaccine.
Originally posted by Morpheas
Pepsi does use these cells, but they are NOT in the soft drinks..
To be clear, the aborted fetal tissue used to make Pepsi's flavor chemicals does not end up in the final product sold to customers, according to reports -- it is used, instead, to evaluate how actual human taste receptors respond to these chemical flavorings.
Originally posted by BellaSabre
reply to post by Swills
Swills, no. Pepsi does not put these aborted fetus cells in their soft drinks. This is another example of people pushing sensationalized garbage to be shocking, or create an uproar. I think if Pepsi can find whoever started this rumor, they will sue them, as well they should. It 's absolutely preposterous.
PepsiCo to continue utilizing the services of a company that produces flavor chemicals for the beverage giant using aborted human fetal tissue.
The issue began in 2011 when the non-profit group Children of God for Life (CGL) first broke the news about Pepsi's alliance with Senomyx, which led to massive outcry and a worldwide boycott of Pepsi products.
A few months later, Pepsi' shareholders filed a resolution petitioning the company to "adopt a corporate policy that recognizes human rights and employs ethical standards which do not involve using the remains of aborted human beings in both private and collaborative research and development agreements.
Back in January, Oklahoma Senator Ralph Shortey proposed legislation to ban the production of aborted fetal cell-derived flavor chemicals in his home state. If passed, S.B. 1418 would also reportedly ban the sale of any products that contain flavor chemicals derived from human fetal tissue, which includes Pepsi products as well as products produced by Kraft and Nestle