Bottles of Malta Goya are seen on a supermarket shelf in New York on Friday, February 20, 2015. A recent study by John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Consumer Reports found that the ingredient 4-methylimidazole (4-Mel) used in caramel coloring in colas is carcinogenic and in dangerous levels in some beverages, particularly Malta Goya which had the highest levels of any tested. Coca-Cola had the lowest. (© Richard B. Levine)

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