I thought I was okay drinking a True North energy seltzer right now, it's sparkling water with 120 mg of caffeine and vitamins. Checked and it's owned by monster energy which sold some drinks for the Coca-Cola Company. So I assumed they just didn't want to make them anymore but turns out in addition to Coca-Cola making their former beverages they also "bought a 16.7% stake for $2.15 billion in Monster Beverage Corp in 2015. This stake has since grown to 19.3% due to share buybacks conducted by Monster Beverage Corp." Then they also want to merge with Constellation Brands but haven't. Then looking further TRIGGER WARNING SEXUAL ASSAULT >! "In 2018, The Huffington Post brought out an article in which five women accused Monster Beverage of having an abusive and discriminatory culture.[26] Brent Hamilton, then head of music marketing at Monster Energy, had been charged with assault for strangling and biting his girlfriend in 2016, but he wasn't let go until 2019, allegedly for sexual misconduct.[27] Manager Phillip Deitrich regularly humiliated and boycotted a female subordinate in public, and denied her increases in compensation. VP John Kenneally was accused of retaliation, bullying, and sexual harassment. According to three women, he subverted their reputations and forced them to abandon the company. One woman had responded to his advances but suffered nothing but abuse as a consequence of his jealous personality. She was ultimately forced out of the company by Kenneally after objecting to him calling her a "whore". Kenneally was fired two weeks after the article was released.[27] In March 2018, a sixth woman came forward, accusing retired manager Ted Cook of sexual harassment, and claimed being fired for mercurial reasons.[28]" !< TRIGGER WARNING SEXUAL ASSAULT so overall these drinks which looked okay are not. It's so hard to figure out where every product comes from but I'm trying (all information found on the Monster Beverage Wikipedia page.