European Drinks & Foods European Drinks & Foods European Drinks & Foods is one of the largest Romanian food companies located in Ştei, Bihor County. The holding is formed by several companies including European Drinks, European Foods, Scandic Distilleries, Rieni Drinks and Transilvania General Import Export and is specialised in producing food and drink products. The company produces a wide variety of products like carbonated water, mineral water, energy drink, beer and various soft drinks thru it's European Drinks division. Two of the company's soft drinks "Adria" and "Frutti Fresh" are the main competitors for the Coca-Cola and Pepsi brands on the Romanian market.
Benzene in soft drinks The FDA released preliminary results in May 2006 for 100 beverages showing that many soft drinks contained low levels of benzene (less than 5 ppb, the federal drinking water limit) while four drinks contained amounts above the standard. Two of these drinks contained amounts 15-18 times above the drinking water standard. Many of the products showed large variations in the amount of benzene they contained. The FDA stated that it is working with manufacturers to reformulate products that contain benzene above the federal drinking water standard. These test results are both lower and more accurate than a previous long-term study