30 milligrams of caffeine per 100 grams
They look like normal gummy bears, but are mixed with taurine and caffeine. Additives normally found in energy drinks.
So far, energy drinks have tasted like gummy bears, today gummy bears taste for energy drinks. The Dangerous: The awakening gummy bears frolicking next to the normal gummy bears in the candy shelves.
They look like normal fruit gums, but are mixed with taurine and caffeine. Additives normally found in energy drinks. Although the note "For children and pregnant women is not recommended" is noted on the back, the gum gums are located next to the bacon and chewing gum. The danger that the so-called "Booster Energy Sweets" land unnoticed in the shopping cart - big.
30 milligrams of caffeine per 100 grams contain the sweets - about as much as 100 milliliters of energy drink. "With it we risk the health of our children, " says the Göttingen pediatric cardiologist Martin Hulpke-bet the stern on-line, "Energy Sweets are withdrawn from circulation."
The idea behind the stimulating sweets is not new. For example, a Berlin-based company developed the "Scho-Ka-Kola" on the occasion of the 1936 Summer Olympics. Other brands also jumped on the train of performance-enhancing sweets. With "Wick Energy" and "Mentos Energy" two invigorating sweets hit the market, Wrigley developed stimulating chewing gums and Snickers awakening candy bars. Most products are no longer sold today.
They do not have to - because we now find our supermarkets caffeinated gummi bears. To the chagrin of our health. The fruit gums are not only dangerous for children and pregnant women, but also in combination with physical exertion. "Herzrasen, circulatory collapse and even life-threatening conditions are possible, " says Andrea Schauff, food expert, against stern online.Another problem: "Children are used to caffeine with the candy at an earliest age, " said cardiologist Hulpke-bet the energy sweets, a ban is urgently needed. "
We think so too. And until then, keep your eyes open when buying gummy bears!
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