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Latest Thai social media craze, sweet soy sauce soda, poses serious health risk, says health dept

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The Department of Health issued a warning to the public regarding the consumption of a trendy Thai social media beverage called sweet soy sauce soda. According to the department, the drink has unhealthy quantities of sodium and sugar, which surpass the recommended daily intake and can pose a health hazard.

The drink is trending after a famous Thai sauce company, Deksomboon, announced a new product, sweet soy sauce soda as an April Fool’s Day joke. Deksoomboo later uploaded the sweet soy sauce soda recipe to Facebook followers who expressed an interest in trying it.

Previously, Deksoomboon had introduced a vanilla ice cream dessert featuring a topping of sweet soy sauce, which led many Thai netizens to speculate that the flavour of sweet soy sauce soda might be similar. As a result, numerous netizens attempted the recipe and shared their results on social…

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