FDA Probe Prompts Wrigley to Halt Sales of Caffeine Gum
An FDA investigation into the safety of caffeine-added foods has prompted Wrigley to take its new caffeinated gum off the market for the time being.
An FDA investigation into the safety of caffeine-added foods has prompted Wrigley to take its new caffeinated gum off the market for the time being.
Amid growing public concern over the safety of additives in food and beverages the FDA is facing pressure to reexamine its rules -- and there are signs it may do so.
Wrigley is about to roll out a new brand of gum -- and, the company warns, it has a bitter, medicinal taste. Still, Wrigley has high expectations for the product, because it’s packed with caffeine.
5-Hour Energy's mixture of caffeine, vitamins and amino acids fuels millions of hectic days and nights, and a multibillion-dollar company. But its founder, Manoj Bhargava, tells Forbes that his lifelong pursuit has been inner tranquility. A contradiction? He thinks not.
Under the threat of an FDA ban, the makers of alcoholic energy drink Four Loko are changing its recipe to remove caffeine, guarana and taurine. But the only problem a ban of Four Loko would solve is to save young people from thinking they have personal responsibility for their choices -- again.
Google unveiled Caffeine Tuesday evening, aiming to give its Web indexing and link delivery system a jolt of speed in finding new pages as well as delivering the most current version of existing pages.













