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Under-16s to be banned from buying high-caffeine energy drinks including Monster (inews.co.uk)
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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://perkcoffee.co/sg/countries-consume-coffee/

The UK appears to be nowhere near the top of countries on per-capita coffee consumption, at less than a third Finland's rate.

However, it does appear to be very high on prevalence of cocaine consumption:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_prevalence_of_cocaine_use

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    We rather famously drink tea.

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    Hmm. That's a good point. I wonder if there's trouble lurking there.

    The government proposals will make it illegal to sell high-caffeine energy drinks containing more than 150mg of caffeine per litre to anyone under 16 in England.

    Aight, so that's their red line.

    https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-caffeine-in-coffee

    A 12-ounce (oz) cup of brewed coffee may contain 113 to 247 milligrams (mg)Trusted Source of caffeine, whereas a smaller 8-ounce cup can contain about 95 to 200 mg.

    Hmm. A liter is 2.8 times larger than a 12 fluid ounce cup, so that'd be 318 mg/L to 696 mg/L.

    goes looking for tea

    https://angelinos.com/blogs/news/which-tea-is-the-most-caffeinated

    #1 Black tea: Between 64 and 112 mg of caffeine per 8-fl oz serving

    4.23 of those in a liter, so between 270 mg/L and 473 mg/L.

    It looks like tea and coffee

    at least were they energy drinks

    would have too much caffine.

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