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Wolfgang Puck's self-heating coffee recalledPosted Apr 28th 2006 1:25PM by Nick VagnoniFiled under: Coffee, Magazines, Stores & Shopping, New Products, AmericaWolfgang Puck Self-Heating Latte cans are currently being pulled from shelves after reports of the cans
leaking chemicals into the coffee or exploding, according to a recent story from beverage industry publication BevNET. The BevNET story
recounts a blame game between licensees, the can's manufacturers, distributors and Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, Inc. The
latter apparently requested that the cans be pulled after repeated customer complaints and supposed scrutiny from the
FDA. The cans were originally released last spring. Some complaints included reports of a white substance, perhaps the
calcium oxide used in the can's heating system, floating in the coffee. A Las Vegas woman also claims she was badly
burned by a malfunctioning can that exploded. The cans supposedly heat their contents to 140 degrees. According to
BevNET, the company that designed the cans marketed them with the slogan "It does what?"[Photo:
BevNET]
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