Coca-Cola radio ad banned for promoting Coke as a meal substitute

December 5, 2017 5:08

Coca-Cola South Pacific has had one of its radio advertisements banned by the ad watchdog for insinuating Coke was an adequate substitute for lunch.

The radio advertisement featured a couple discussing that they wanted to go and get a sandwich as a woman’s stomach grumbled, the woman then took a sip of her drink and said “that’s better”.

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Abigail Dawson

Abigail Dawson was Mumbrella's senior content journalist covering event content. She left Mumbrella to move into an agency role in 2020.

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Ad Standards Board Coca Cola Coke Moments Taste the feeling

1 COMMENTS

Once the majority wake up 5 Dec 17

One day we might look back on sugary fizzy water advertising, like we look back on smoking advertising and ask ourselves: ‘did we really used to promote that poison to society?’

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