Coca-Cola has released a list of health groups and research institutions in Australia to which it makes donations following media pressure here and overseas.
The list reveals that the Coca-Cola Australia has spent $1.72 million to fund research relating to "nutrition and health or to physical activity" and "well-being programs".
The list was “quietly published online” a fortnight after it reported that the beverage giant had failed to disclose its health funding, according to Fairfax Media.
The list is titled Our commitment to transparency, and it details 36 funding contributions over the past five years which together total $1.72 million.
The list of organisations includes the University of Sydney, Nutrition Society of Australia, Bicycle Network, Sports Medicine Australia, University of Queensland, Australian Paralympic Committee and the Australian Circus and Physical Theatre Association.
The media pressure follows on from an article in The New York Times that revealed the company had funded the Global Energy Balance Network, which emphasises fighting obesity through exercise rather than calorie control.
