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FDA Goes After Blow Energy Drink
The FDA has sent a warning letter to the manufacturers of Blow Energy Drink Mix.
Blow is a white powder that closely resembles cocaine.
Among the many points listed on the FDA letter:
Some of the images that appear to be cocaine powder illustrate that the powder has been “cut” by an object (presumably a credit card or a razor blade)
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America’s Most Caffeinated Cities
HealthSaver recently conducted a survey of 2,035 individuals. They were specifically looking at the caffeine habits of different cities.
NeedCoffee.com has the reproduced the survey results in full.
Here are some salient details:
Most Caffeinated Cities:
1. Chicago
2. Tampa
3. Miami
4. Phoenix
5. Atlanta
Least Caffeinated Cities:
1. San Francisco/Oakland
2. Philadelphia
3. New York
4. Detroit
5. Baltimore
Most Coffee Consumption, Regular coffee & specialty coffee drinks:
1. Seattle/Tacoma
2. Boston
3. Houston
4. Chicago
5. …
Cocaine New Name: Censored
You’ve got to hand it to Redux Beverages. They sure have a sense of humor.
After the comprehensive banning of the Cocaine Energy Drink - they’ve now renamed it “Censored”. All the publicity will ensure them many sales in the future - however the seizing of crates of the drink must have been a costly affair for the small beverage company.
During …
Goodbye Cocaine Energy Drink…
First the FDA went after it
Then officials in Connecticut seized hundreds of cases of the drink due to some strange licensing law.
Then Cocaine was banned in Texas.
Now Illinois Attorney General has demanded that all sales of the drink cease.
It doesn’t take a genius to see that the days of Cocaine Energy Drink are numbered. I …
The Top 15 Energy Drink Brands
Bevnet have published their annual review of the energy drink industry. Here are the 15 biggest sellers for the year ended 31 December 2006.
Drink
Share of Energy Drink Market
(based on dollar sales)
Red Bull
42.6
Monster
14.4
Rockstar
11.4
Full Throttle
6.9
Sobe No Fear
5.4
Amp
3.6
Sobe Adrenaline Rush
2.9
Tab Energy
2.3
Monster XXL
0.9
Private Label
0.9
Rip It
0.8
Sobe Lean
0.7
BooKoo
0.5
Sobe Superman
0.4
Von Dutch
0.4
Red Bull. What can you say? They sold …
Top 10 Soft Drinks
The latest beverage market stats are out — and there are some interesting highlights.
Top 10 Soft Drinks
- Coca-cola Classic (coca-cola)
- Pepsi-cola (PepsiCo)
- Diet Coke (coca-cola)
- Mountain Dew (PepsiCo)
- Diet Pepsi (PepsiCo)
- Dr Pepper (Cadbury-Schweppes)
- Sprite (coca-cola)
- Fanta (coca-cola)
- Caffeine-Free Diet Coke (coca-cola)
- Diet Mountain Dew (PepsiCo)
- Both Coca-cola and Pepsi lost market share. Coca-cola can blame it on the CEO - after all they only paid him $32 million dollars
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Caffeine: What the World Drinks
Here is a list of caffeine consumption worldwide. Two points: It doesn’t include energy or soft drinks - and the information is a little dated (from 1995 FAO data). It’s fascinating none-the-less.
- Sweden, Denmark and Norway — all around 400mg of caffeine per person per day! Those guys must be wired.
- South American countries such as Argentina and Brazil get most
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Sexpresso
It seems that a good hot espresso isn’t enough for some people. They want to get an eyeful while they order their latte.
Journalists have called it Sexpresso - Scantily-clad young ladies serving coffee from drive-thru windows. And yes they are young ladies - no buffed young strapping lads to be found (via LA times)
I hope they don’t spill any …
