In a presentation of the report, Spanish Minister of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzón warned of the growing trend in the consumption of these beverages by young people.
The trend is further exacerbated by ambiguous legislation that defines the product as a soft drink and gives no guidelines as to permitted ingredients, maximum concentrations or possible combinations.
AESAN wants to see, in collaboration with industry, consumer information to be included in the labelling of energy drinks, to not only feature all active ingredients but also their content.”
“Spain must join European efforts to collect data on beverage consumption, energy sources and trends in their consumption, which will allow evaluation of these energy drinks dietary and exposure to caffeine and other active ingredients in specific consumer groups.
“In addition, a greater control of advertising is suggested especially that directed to more susceptible populations.”
The report, which was prepared by AESAN’s Scientific Committee, outlines some of the health risks that are linked to the main ingredients of popular energy drinks.
These include caffeine, which The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) in 2019, estimated energy drinks to contain 15 – 55mg of caffeine per 100 millilitres.
Further evidence of its popularity amongst adolescents came in ‘The Ungkost3 Norwegian study,’ which estimated that energy drinks contributed up to 76% of total dietary caffeine (36.8 mg/day), where the daily caffeine consumption was estimated at 48.4 mg/day.
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