In an urgent effort to protect the health of Mexican consumers, El Poder del Consumidor, a member organization of the Alianza por la Salud Alimentaria, filed an appeal requesting the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris in Spanish) to recognize sugar-sweetened beverages or beverages sweetened with sweeteners as health risk products.

The appeal is supported by the international scientific consensus, recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) itself, which acknowledges that the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is linked to the prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular problems. Scientific evidence has also been presented on the addictive potential of sugar, sweeteners and caffeine, which are present in several of these beverages.