Cocaine in Red Bull Cola?
I remember growing up hearing tales of yesteryear about Coca Cola originally containing, cocaine in it….
Well, according to TIME, Red Bull Cola is now being banned in Germany due to trace levels being found in the beverage.
After laboratory testing Red Bull Cola turned up .13 micrograms of the cocaine alkaloid. To put this in perspective you would have to drink 12,000 liters of the drink to get any sort of “high”. Red bull claims that they use the coca leaf as a flavoring and they remove the illegal chemical first, but traces can still remain similar to decaffeinated coffee. Red Bull is not alone as many other manufacturers use this natural flavor in their products as well.
Alright, governments need to lay off. It’s getting ridiculous how much governments are trying to control every aspect of our lives and over-reacting concerning research that has no implications concerning the public’s health.
This is good news for Red Bull Cola, because in my experience, things like this always boost sales instead of hurting them.
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Dusty, you’re totally right. And the wrst part is it’s not even an energy drink.. It’s soda made by an energy drink company.
PTA moms are going to have a field day with this. Damn suburban politicians need to get a life and stop picking fights just to show they can…and Tramp, it’s Red Bull…i’m sure they put enough caffeine in it for it to be considered an energy drink. They wouldn’t debase themselves to mere soda-peddlers.
Sorry Tim but Red Bull cola is not an energy drink. It has less caffeine than a mountain dew. It will be blow this out of proportion for sure though. Of 6 energy drink sites I have feeds from at least 4 are helping to spread this news right now(including this one). Why complain about it being blown out of proportion while adding to this process?
Tim: Red Bull Cola has 45mg of caffeine per 12oz can. Diet Coke has 47mg per 12oz can.. Just as a comparison.
Bob: these blog sites are not helping to blow it out of proportion, they’re allowing the people who might make a stand against it to know what’s happening. True the information is out there for everyone, but EF at least has a very reasonable argument against it right in the article. Also, if it’s hit TIME already, these sites aren’t even close to making a difference for the general public.
I say they should “accidentally” forget to remove all the cocaine. It would actually make Red Bull Cola worth drinking.
lol @ Evan
I don’t really care how much caffeine Red Bull Cola has, as I hate the flavor of Red Bull (and its Cola counterpart), but 45mg/12oz would be 37.5% the caffeine that normal red bull has. Seems strange they would decrease it so much.
And I second Evan’s suggestion! haha
Gilly: it’s a soda, not an energy drink. It’s not a cola version of Red Bull Energy drink, it’s a cola that happens to be made by the same company. Tons of beverage companies spread from one type of beverage to another (Pepsi does many kinds of soda, water, energy drinks..) Red Bull seems to be doing the same.
As far as the drink itself goes, I would choose it over any other cola product if not for its price tag.
Tramp: I guess you’re right. That does make sense. But still, it’d be the last place I’d look for a “coke.” Overpriced and not to my taste. Of course, I know I don’t represent the majority on that one though…
It’s an enrgy cola more or less, and it’s no less of an energy drink than Vault, but it’s not exactly cocaine, its coca(sp.) leaf
You get more high (About 100 times in fact) licking a paper bank note.
As insignificant an issue this may be, you can count on the energy drink haters to blow this ENTIRELY out of proportion