Posted on 04/24/2025 2:44:18 PM PDT by nickcarraway
By Jackie Roman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Food and beverages with high caffeine content may soon require clear labeling, and their effects may be studied after a spate of wrongful death suits and cardiac incidents across the country tied to energy drinks.
Currently, there are no federal regulations requiring clear labeling for energy drinks or other caffeinated products, despite some studies showing the severe health impacts of highly caffeinated beverages. Lawmakers and consumer safety groups say that leaves consumers unaware of how much caffeine they’re ingesting and the potential dangers.
The Sarah Katz Caffeine Safety Act, reintroduced Monday by U.S. Rep. Rob Menendez, would change that by requiring restaurants to disclose if a menu item contains more than 150 milligrams of caffeine on menus, menu boards and drive throughs. It would also require energy drink companies to label the amount of caffeine or other stimulants in a product.
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Hmmm... No other reason for young people to have cardiac events, right?
How Much Caffeine Can You Have in a Day?
The Food and Drug Administration and the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans advise that adults limit their caffeine intake to 400 milligrams per day, which is considered safe without any negative effects. This amount is equal to four or five cups of brewed coffee.
If you want to be pregnant, are pregnant or breastfeeding, the National Institutes of Health recommends keeping your caffeine intake to no more than 200 milligrams per day.
Amount of Caffeine Ranked by Beverage Types
Caffeine in Coffee
Beverage Type Caffeine
Light roast (8 fluid ounce) - Starbucks 180 mg
Medium roast (8 fluid ounce) - Starbucks 155 mg
Dark Roast (8 fluid ounce) - Starbucks 130 mg
Cold brew (8 fluid ounce) - Starbucks 103 mg
Drip/brewed coffee (8 fluid ounce) 96 mg
Espresso (1 fluid ounce) 63.6 mg
Caffeine in Tea
Beverage Type (8 fluid ounce) Caffeine
Black tea 48 mg
Matcha Tea Latte, Starbucks 40 mg
Green tea 29.4 mg
Chai Tea, Starbucks 20 mg
Iced tea 7.8 mg
Caffeine in Soda
Beverage Type (12 fluid ounce) Caffeine
Diet cola (Coca-Cola) 46 mg
Dr. Pepper, regular and diet varieties 42 mg
Cola (Coca-Cola) 34 mg
Lemon Lime (Sprite) 0 mg
Caffeine in Energy Drinks
Brand Caffeine
Celsius Original (12 fluid ounces) 200 mg
Monster Energy – The Original Green Monster Energy (16 fluid ounces) 160 mg
Rockstar Energy Drink, Original (16 fluid ounces) 160 mg
Red Bull (8.4 fluid ounces) 80 mg
And the adult human LD50 for caffeine is estimated to be 150-200 mg per kg of bodyweight. How many energy drinks are these people chugging?
Sorry, lieutenant Colombo, you’re going to have to ditch that cigar.
Anyone got some coffee?
Yes but I have to warn you that caffeine can murder you.
Panera sells 30 oz. Charged drinks. Even at a reasonable amount of caffeine per ounce, that’s a lot. And inside the store is free refills.
You’d still have to drink gallons of the stuff.
I don’t know about energy drink consumption but I have a friend who will drink 5 or more 24-oz Steel Reserve malt liquor beverage. Plain or alloy series flavored. 8% alcohol. Each tall 24 oz can the equivalent of 4 regular strength 12 Oz beers. So that’s the same similar to 20 or 25 regular beers. Easily chugged in a 2 to 4 hour period. Probably not good for him.
I had to give up caffeine because it kicks my heart into AFib.
Once in AFib, your chances of having a stroke skyrocket, no matter what your age.
Bing alcohol drinking can also trigger AFib.
It’s not out of the question that the vax is the one extra ingredient that converts temporary AFib episodes (caused by caffeine or alcohol) into extended ones that produce a stroke. Or, that it is making the heart more sensitive to caffeine & alcohol resulting in more AFib/stroke incidents.
I'd have to agree. Even in my beer-drinking days, two Steel Reserves were more than plenty. I doubt I could drink a whole one now.
I've known some very heavy drinkers, of beer or other forms of alcohol, and most don't live all that long. It's not a good way to go.
Comorbities include “vaccine” shots that aren’t vaccines.
When are these drink companies going to be sued for false advertising??? I can state for FACT Red Bull does not give you wings. I can prove it scientifically. And yet that commercial is still on tv spewing lies.
They had case like this on the new Matlock
AA saved my life and marriage. Still, recovery rates with it, are only 13 or 14%. I focus that I will be in that group.
One day at a time.
What is next? Labels indicating how thick the sheet of TP are?
Glad you’re in that 13-14%. I’ve known a number of people who stopped drinking through AA, at least one for over 40 years so far.
For myself, I just pretty much lost interest in drinking somewhere around age 60. I can drink any time I want to, I just hardly ever want to, and then it’s maybe a beer or a rum & coke every few months. Don’t miss hangovers at all.
this is good news: amounts of key ingredients in “energy drinks” are not listed, and these kinds of drinks can be extremely dangerous ...
The bill requires Health and Human Services to determine “whether caffeine should be considered to be generally recognized to be safe, with respect to consumption by healthy populations.”
The FDA is there to protect us from Health Freedom, because when people are free, they can make wrong choices.
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