Exceptionally strong energy drinks were too strong.
Food operators must ensure that the products are safe and in accordance with legislation. Manufacturers
For the first time in Finland, the energy drink has been removed from the market due to too high caffeine content. This happened late last year.
This drink is Hartwall’s Ed Double Caffeine energy drink. The half -liter energy drink bottle has a total of 320 milligrams of caffeine. It means 64 milligrams of caffeine per millilitur.
The problematic product made a half -liter bottle used as a pack size with a total of 320 milligrams of caffeine.
-The ED-energy drink contained caffeine over a safe amount of one-time dose in a bottle of drink and the operator ended up changing the product, says the specialist in the Food Agency Sanna Kiuru For Iltalehti.
In the ED bottle, it was recommended to drink it up to three deces at a time. However, a single dose of an energy drink is considered a dose pack in which the product is sold.
Hartwall lowered the caffeine content of the drink so that the bottle has just 200 milligrams of caffeine, which is considered the limit of a safe single dose.
Another high -caffeine -containing energy drink has been made by the authority’s blame
Another product whose single dose of caffeine exceeds the border defined by the European Food Safety Authority’s EFSA is the Reign Storm Energy drink. The can has a total of about 230 milligrams of caffeine, 30 milligrams above the permitted limit.
The processing of this energy drink is in progress in the Food Agency.
– Unfortunately, we cannot provide any more information on unfinished control cases, says Kiuru.
The situation of energy drinks also told Mtv news and Ilta-Sanomat.
How can products exceeding caffeine levels can be made on the market?
Kiuru announces the responsibility of the food industry.
He comments on the issue at a general level.
– It is the responsibility of the food operator to ensure that the food placed on the market is safe and meet the requirements of the legislation.
Safe dose
The Food Agency’s view is that the amount of caffeine -containing foodin -containing foodin should be safe in a typical dose.
A typical dose of use is a dose that can be expected to be enjoyed at once or in a short period of time, for example, for energy drinks or other caffeine -containing soft drinks.
The caffeine safe single dose defined by the European Food Safety Authority is 200 milligrams or no daily doses of 400 milligrams.
In Finland, the packaging of an energy drink must include “not recommended for children, pregnant or caffeine sensitive” due to caffeine.