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BUZZ-Coca-cola: Brazilian billionaires could take a few sips

Reuters - UK Focus

** 3G Capital (Other OTC: CGHC - news) , investment firm run by Brazilian billionaire trio, reportedly prepping new fund to invest in food & beverage industry. Link: http://onforb.es/11BM1pB

** 3G best known for buying Burger King and Heinz and for its partners' connections with brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev

** Column in local Brazilian magazine Veja suggests fund could take a significant stake, as much as 10 pct, in Coca-Cola .

** Article also outlines possibility of a takeover of Coca-Cola. Current market-cap about $190 bln.

** Analysts at Nomura say potential 3G involvement in a buyout of Coke could dim the prospects of the much-speculated upon takeover by AB InBev of SABMiller (LSE: SAB.L - news) .

** Coca-cola Shares (Frankfurt: DI6.F - news) have more than doubled since post-GFC lows and are back where they were in 1998. (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) : vikram.subhedar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net; RM: martine.geller.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)