Energy Drinks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trail mix. Potato chips. And now gum. With a growing number of foods boasting added caffeine for an energy boost, the Food and Drug Administration says it's time to investigate their safety. The FDA's new look at added caffeine...

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire's short-lived decision to ban sales of nonalcoholic energy drinks on campus has created more buzz than the caffeinated beverages themselves. UNH announced Monday that it would stop selling Red...

Less than a week after the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would investigate the safety of added caffeine in U.S. food and beverage products, Wrigley North America has decided to put its bid to market a caffeinated gum on hold out of...

(Reuters) - Energy drinks maker Monster Beverage Corp's sales missed analysts' estimates as the industry took a hit from concerns over the health risks of such drinks, sending its shares down 16 percent after the bell. Energy drinks have come under...

San Francisco City Atty. Dennis Herrera has sued Monster Beverage Corp., accusing the company of pitching highly caffeinated drinks to minors as young as 6 years old. The lawsuit, filed Monday in San Francisco Superior Court, is the latest twist in a...

A couple of months ago, Monster Beverage threatened to sue a Connecticut nutritionist named Dr. Deborah Kennedy unless she stopped saying high-caffeine energy drinks were dangerous for kids. Then the multi-billion-dollar company, the biggest energy-...

Monster Beverage Corp. accused San Francisco's city attorny of violating its constitutional rights by demanding that the company change ts drinks, labels and marketing materials, in a lawsuit filed on Monday in California federal court. San Francisco...

(Reuters) - Monster Beverage Corp has sued San Francisco's city attorney over an investigation the city launched last year into the safety and marketing of Monster energy drinks. In the lawsuit filed on Monday in California federal court, the company...

Come Fridays, Nelson Ignila, a 22-year-old Lincoln Park resident, is exhausted from the long hours he puts in at his management consulting job. Since he doesn't have time for an evening nap before going out, Ignila reaches for one of the 5-Hour Energy...

Are energy drinks really more caffeinated than sodas or coffees? RedEye unscientifically selected nine caffeinated beverages available in Chicago to see how the pick-me-ups stack up: Coca-Cola soda (20 ounces): 57.5 mg caffeine Single shot Starbucks...

From coffee to citrus, energy drinks have a range of flavors designed to perk up your taste buds. We rounded up the five most caffeinated energy drinks available in Chicago (as ranked by Consumer Reports) and asked RedEye staff for their snap judgments....

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