My interest was caught when I saw a headline about the Red Bull containing cocaine. So I went through some investigations and found that it really contains cocaine in its new product but not as much as to harm the health.
The news about the bad effects of Red Bull was'nt recently broke up but some years back. In 2001, Sweden government warned the public when they suspected the death of two people was caused because of the mixture of Red Bull and Vodka. But the energy drink's manufacturers said there was no proof the deaths were linked to Red Bull. But later a third person died after drinking a lot of Red Bull cans after working at the gym. After this, the some scientists and dietitians started investigating on the drink.
Catherine Collins, of the British Dietetic Association, said: "There's been quite a lot of research looking at are the effects of Red Bull on the heart and circulation.
"And they have shown that if you take sufficient Red Bull, and other drinks that are performance enhancing, you can lower blood pressure and that may be the cause of the problem."
In France, French government banned Red Bull in 2004. A study by the French Scientific Committee on Human Nutrition found that Red Bull contained excessive caffeine. The committee also raised concerns about the drink's other ingredients - taurine, an amino acid the company claims can 'kick-start' the metabolism - and glucuronolactone, a carbohydrate.
But other toxicology experts had concluded that the caffeine levels in Red Bull are safe.
Since 2004, only France, Denmark and Norway have banned the drink. Britain's Committee on Toxicity investigated Red Bull in 2001 and found that it was safe, but warned pregnant women against it because high caffeine intake has been linked to a risk of miscarriage.
So, Red Bull Energy drink is still under investigations.
Cocaine In Red Bull Cola
On 22 May 2009, The Health Institute in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia found 0.4 micrograms of cocaine per can of Red Bull Cola, and six states of German have banned Red Bull.
Red Bull, of Santa Monica, Calif., says on its Web site it uses coca leaves as a flavoring agent in the making of its cola, but insists it removes the illegal cocaine alkaloid. The alkaloid's removal is required for the sale of coca leaves outside the Andean region of South America, the magazine said.
Some experts are against the ban.
"There is no scientific basis for this ban on Red Bull Cola because the levels of cocaine found are so small," Fritz Soergel, the head of the Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research in the city of Nuremberg, told Time. "And it's not even cocaine itself. According to the tests we carried out, it's a non-active degradation product with no effect on the body."
“It is absolutely not dangerous for the consumer,” BfR spokesman Thomas Schlicht told The Local. “There is no health threat that could come from the amount of cocaine found in this product.”
The trace amounts of cocaine are from the “de-cocainised” coca leaves that are used worldwide in many products as food flavouring.
The state of Bavaria, where Red Bull Germany has its headquarters in Munich, has already said that it will conduct its own test on the product before reconsidering the ban, Berliner Morgenpost reported
Now according to the latest news, Red Bull either has to change the recipe or accept that the beverage cannot be sold in the banned states.
So, now its proved that Red Bull Cola (a new product of Red Bull) contains cocaine, but whether it is dangerous to the health or not is not yet proved.
Since 2004, only France, Denmark and Norway have banned the drink. Britain's Committee on Toxicity investigated Red Bull in 2001 and found that it was safe, but warned pregnant women against it because high caffeine intake has been linked to a risk of miscarriage.
So, Red Bull Energy drink is still under investigations.
Cocaine In Red Bull Cola
On 22 May 2009, The Health Institute in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia found 0.4 micrograms of cocaine per can of Red Bull Cola, and six states of German have banned Red Bull.
Red Bull, of Santa Monica, Calif., says on its Web site it uses coca leaves as a flavoring agent in the making of its cola, but insists it removes the illegal cocaine alkaloid. The alkaloid's removal is required for the sale of coca leaves outside the Andean region of South America, the magazine said.
Some experts are against the ban.
"There is no scientific basis for this ban on Red Bull Cola because the levels of cocaine found are so small," Fritz Soergel, the head of the Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research in the city of Nuremberg, told Time. "And it's not even cocaine itself. According to the tests we carried out, it's a non-active degradation product with no effect on the body."
“It is absolutely not dangerous for the consumer,” BfR spokesman Thomas Schlicht told The Local. “There is no health threat that could come from the amount of cocaine found in this product.”
The trace amounts of cocaine are from the “de-cocainised” coca leaves that are used worldwide in many products as food flavouring.
The state of Bavaria, where Red Bull Germany has its headquarters in Munich, has already said that it will conduct its own test on the product before reconsidering the ban, Berliner Morgenpost reported
Now according to the latest news, Red Bull either has to change the recipe or accept that the beverage cannot be sold in the banned states.
So, now its proved that Red Bull Cola (a new product of Red Bull) contains cocaine, but whether it is dangerous to the health or not is not yet proved.
