Storm in een: Red Bull Cola

[Henk Elegeert]

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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/05/26/Cocaine-traces-found-in-Red-Bull-Cola/UPI-96771243345489/
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Cocaine traces found in Red Bull Cola
Published: May 26, 2009 at 9:44 AM

BERLIN, May 26 (UPI) -- A German scientific finding that Red Bull Cola
contains trace amounts of cocaine has prompted a controversy over the
drink, analysts say.

The Health Institute in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia is
expected this week to publish the results of a study that found 0.13
micrograms of cocaine per can of Red Bull Cola, a separate product
from the popular Red Bull energy drink, triggered a ban on the cola's
sale in six German states, Time Magazine reported Monday.

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 say the ban is unnecessary.

"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."
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Niet alle experts dus ...

Wat zou de werkzaamheid kunnen zijn? Wat doet het daar dan in het product?

Henk Elegeert

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