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Supplements aren’t as closely regulated as regular foods, allowing a freer rein with both marketing and ingredients.īy the mid-aughts, energy drinks had begun to overtake soda in popularity among kids. The vitamins gave Dr Enuf a veneer of healthfulness, and, as a bonus, meant it could be marketed as a supplement, a strategy that has been adopted by almost every energy drink since. One of the first, Dr Enuf, was specifically formulated in 1949 to be fizzy and caffeinated like soda, but fortified with vitamins so it wasn’t all just empty calories. The specific category of energy drinks developed later, out of another beverage panic, this time over the excessive quantities of sugar. Coke was sweeter and could be guzzled instead of sipped so, in theory, one could consume more caffeine more quickly. In adolescence most people’s body clocks shift, meaning they need to get up later, but school still starts early, resulting in many teenagers being chronically sleep-deprived. Even that was enough to provide an extra burst of energy, and kids found soda a superior alternative to coffee – especially teenagers, who research has found have sleep patterns and biological clocks at odds with society’s need for early risers.

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After a series of lawsuits, the Pure Food and Drug Act was amended in 1912 to add caffeine to the list of “habit-forming” and “deleterious” substances that needed to be identified on food labels, and Coke elected to cut the caffeine per serving by half. It contained roughly 74mg per 8oz serving, and because of kids’ smaller size, they were likely to feel the effects – including anxiety, jitters, dehydration and diarrhea – faster. (Schumer himself has previously called for an FDA investigation of caffeinated peanut butter and all-out bans on inhalable and powdered caffeine.) As far back as 1909, officials at the US Department of Agriculture were concerned about excessive amounts in Coca-Cola, which had recently abandoned any pretense of being a headache remedy and was now a soda fountain staple popular with kids as young as four. This is far from the first time Americans have been alarmed over kids’ consumption of caffeine. Prime is so new that most parents haven’t a clue about it, but it is born from the reels of social media and the enigmatic world of influencers.” In a letter to the FDA he urged the agency to investigate “insufficient warnings about caffeine content” and “to seriously consider Prime’s target market of children as part of any investigation”. “It’s a beverage – but buyer and parents beware because it’s a serious health concern for the kids it so feverishly targets. “One of the summer’s hottest status symbols for kids is not an outfit, or a toy,” he intoned at a press conference. In early July, Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, urged the FDA to investigate Prime. Logan Paul, the co-founder with KSI of Prime Hydration, and later, Prime Energy.