Sugary drink tax will enter the general fund of the City of Berkeley. A similar measure in neighboring San Francisco received 54% of the vote, but fell short of the supermajority required to pass. In August 2015, researchers found that average prices for beverages covered under the law rose by less than half of the tax amount. For Coke and Pepsi, 22 percent of the tax was passed on to consumers, with the balance paid by vendors. UC Berkeley researchers found a higher pass-through rate for the tax: 47% of the tax was passed-through to higher prices of sugar-sweetened beverages overall with 69%
Eastroc Super Drink Eastroc Super Drink Eastroc Super Drink () is an energy drink originating and conceived from China in 1987 respectively. Eastroc Super Drink is one of China's best selling local energy drink brands after Hi-Tiger and has the third largest market share in China after Red Bull and Hi-Tiger. Of the top three brands, Eastroc Super Drink experienced the most growth in retail sales from 2011 to 2015 with a 255.5% increase. The brand is the first Chinese brand to introduce functional beverages into its line of products. Eastroc Super Drink is been approved by the National Health and Family Planning