Diet drinks have long been marketed as a healthier alternative to soda because they don't have loads of sugar and calories.

S. Daniel Abraham, a onetime traveling salesman who started a line of weight-loss products led by the popular Slim-Fast diet drinks and who later used his fortune as a major Democratic political donor ...

The UK and European assets of SlimFast - one of the best-known meal replacement and weight management brands - has been been acquired by Typhoo owner Supreme plc.