Drinks Americas it was announced that former Coca-Cola executive Shaun B. Higgins will serve in an advisory capacity to the firm. Drinks Americas Drinks Americas () is a beverage distribution company based out of Wilton, Connecticut. Drinks Americas Holdings, Ltd., develops, owns, markets, and internationally distributes alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages associated with celebrities. The company's non-alcoholic brands include the distribution of Paul Newman's Own Lightly Sparkling Fruit Juice Drinks, Flavored Waters, and Teas. Besides the products below, Drinks Americas also owns and distributes Damiana Liqueur and Aguila Tequila from Mexico, Cohete Rum Guarana from Panama, Willie Nelson's Old Whiskey River Bourbon and
Benzene in soft drinks types of beverages. In December 2005, Germany's Federal Institute for Risk Assessment ("Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung") published a review of benzene's possible formation in foods and drinks. In February 2006, an unnamed former chemist at the FDA publicly revealed that benzene may be created as part of a chemical reaction during production of soft drinks, particularly those having an orange flavor. Full-scale investigations immediately started at the Food Standards Agency (UK) and in Germany to reveal exactly which amounts of benzene, if any, were present, with several other organizations awaiting their findings. The United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency released results on