Coca cola and Pepsi contain alcohol

According to tests carried out by the Paris-based National Institute of Consumption (INC), more than half of leading colas contain the traces of alcohol.

These include the brand leaders Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola, while it is mainly only cheap supermarket versions of the drink which are alcohol-free.The alcohol levels are as low as 10mg in every litre, and this works out at around 0.001 per cent alcohol. (You have to drink about 13,000 cans to be over the limit).Traces of alcohol were found in Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, Coca-Cola Classic Light and Coke Zero.

Michel Pepin, scientific director for Coca-Cola France, said: Paris Mosque has provided us with a certificate stating that our products can be consumed by the Muslim community in line with the religious opinions of the Committee of the Mosque of Paris.'
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