Red Bull is exposed to illegal additives

Red Bull accused of three components, two components comparable to harm traced to illegal drugs canned drinks Red Bull add media reported that six compounds unapproved packaging labeling there are three without the approval of the State Food and Drug Administration expert analysis <br> <br> Two of them are highly dangerous

Red Bull's vitamin drinks have no ingredients in the Food and Drug Administration's record. They were exposed after being exposed by Heilongjiang media yesterday.

As of this morning, Red Bull officials have not yet issued a response. The reporter learned from informed sources that the company has sent people to Heilongjiang to investigate.

This morning, Director Tan Yunlong from the Research Office of Huilongguan Hospital stated that the ratio of sodium benzoate and caffeine in Red Bull Beverages is close to 1:1, which may have excitatory effects.

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Red Bull tank ingredient list was found to be inconsistent with the approval. Yesterday, the legal channel of Heilongjiang TV reported that Harbin Food and Drug Administration found during the inspection of Red Bull, the Red Bull Beverage Tank ingredient list and the food additive labeling and related document approvals. Inconsistent, the ingredients contained many problems such as rouge that the country does not allow for use in vitamin functional drinks.

According to the report, the reporter found that the Red Bull vitamin functional beverage cans were labeled with the addition of six additives: citric acid, sodium citrate, caffeine, ammonium benzoate, carmine, lemon yellow, but the national food and drug supervision and management The Bureau's website has shown that there are no sodium benzoate, carmine and other ingredients in the approval of Red Bull.

The sodium benzoate that did not appear in the State Food and Drug Administration's filing list was believed to have an effect on caffeine in the report, resulting in the creation of a state-level psychoactive drug called Annaca (also known as "sodium benzoate").

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The low content does not have side effects. The reporter contacted Red Bull's relevant responsible person several times in the morning, but the phone was not answered by anyone or it was hung up, and there was no reply from the message. As of press time, Red Bull still has no official announcement. However, according to informed sources, Red Bull Beijing has set off for Harbin to investigate the matter.

In yesterday’s media report, Mr. Liang of the Red Bull Consumer Service Center stated that some of the additives in the tank labeling dosing form did not appear in the relevant department’s record. This was because the SFDA was “incomplete”.

As for the reaction of caffeine and sodium benzoate to produce controlled substances, Mr. Leung said that its content is very low and “will not react in our drinks, and will not produce pharmacological effects on the human body”.

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Local test results will be issued within half a month. The reporter telephoned the first branch of the Harbin Food and Drug Administration.

The director of the Bureau said that the sample had been sent to the testing agency. For the Red Bull incident, the bureau would not respond or comment on the incident before the inspection results came out. Qi Qi stated that the testing organization will issue test results within half a month under normal circumstances, based on the standard of GB2760 food additive use standard (2011 food additive use standard). The inspection will also involve the approval of the brand. Food additives.

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The risk of mixing the two components is higher According to Heilongjiang reporter's survey, each 100 grams of Red Bull, containing 0.188 grams of sodium benzoate, 0.192 grams of caffeine, the ratio is close to 1:1.

For this ratio, this morning, the director of the Beijing Scientific Research Office of Huilongguan Hospital, Tan Yunlong, said that sodium benzoate was not obtained through synthesis and did not undergo complex chemical reactions, but only when the ratio of the two drugs was close to 1:1. Sodium benzoate caffeine will form.

Under this circumstance, sodium benzoate will strongly promote the absorption of caffeine and produce excitatory effects. It is a state-controlled psychotropic drug and can even be called a drug because of its side effects.

Director Tan said that although the use of sodium benzoate and caffeine alone is not hazardous, the ratio of red to cow's drinks is close to 1 to 1, and the risk factor is larger. Text / Reporter Zhang Xin Xu Chao Related News: Red Bull was exposed with illegal additives marked ingredients and national approval does not match the creation of energy drink category of Red Bull beverage, suspected of "hanging sheep to sell dog meat." Yesterday, the person in charge of the food and drug supervision department in Harbin stated to the public that there were serious problems in the labeling of Red Bull beverages, which were inconsistent with the national approvals, implementation standards and product inconsistencies. The reporter found that Red Bull was suspected of adding a variety of illegal additives.

He started a red drink for energy drinks and was suspected of selling sheep meat. Yesterday, the person in charge of the food and drug supervision department of Harbin stated to the public that there were serious problems in the labeling of Red Bull beverages and the national approval documents. In response, Red Bull said yesterday that it would not comment.

Yesterday, the legal channel of Heilongjiang TV reported that a Harbin student drank 4 cans of Red Bull one day during the examination. Their parents worried about the fact that this vitamin functional drink would affect the health of drinking more, so they found related departments to understand the situation. However, Harbin Food and Drug Administration found that Red Bull's beverage cans' ingredient list and food additives' labels were not in agreement with the relevant documents. The ingredients contained in the ingredients were not allowed to be used in vitamin functional drinks. Synthetic pigment carmine and many other issues.

The reporter found that the Red Bull vitamin functional beverage cans were marked with the addition of six additives: citric acid, sodium citrate, caffeine, ammonium benzoate, carmine, and lemon yellow, but they were displayed on the website of the State Food and Drug Administration. In the approval of Red Bull, there were no ingredients such as sodium citrate, sodium benzoate, and caffeine, so Red Bull was suspected of illegal behavior.

At the same time, the emergence of two components of caffeine and sodium benzoate in Red Bull vitamin functional drinks also raises questions about whether the two components together will have adverse effects on the human body. Does the national class of psychoactive Ankara (also known as "sodium benzoate") be synthesized by these two components? In this regard, Zhang Qian, a clinical pharmacist at the Department of Pharmacy of the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, said that Angara belongs to the national class 1 psychoactive drugs and is used strictly in clinical practice. Excessive headaches, tension, anxiety, tinnitus, and increased heart rate can cause headaches, etc. Symptoms, long-term application will have a certain dependence, the composition of the country is strictly confidential, it is not yet possible to determine whether caffeine and sodium benzoate in Red Bull Beverage will generate Angar.

Yesterday evening, the relevant person in charge of the Red Bull Beverage Company answered the reporter's enquiry on the above question. He said that at present, Red Bull has no response to this matter. "Tomorrow (10th), a public statement should be issued."

It is reported that a branch of the Harbin Food and Drug Administration Bureau has investigated a sample of Beijing Red Bull Beverage Co., Ltd. Heilongjiang Branch for the above issues. The test sample has been sent to the inspection agency of the Heilongjiang Provincial Quality Inspection Center of Zhujiang Road for testing. The number of illegally added ingredients in a functional beverage still needs to wait for the final test results.

According to statistics, Red Bull was born in Thailand in 1966. It is the world's first beverage brand to launch the concept of energy drinks. It entered China in 1995 and looked at the huge space in the Chinese consumer market. It vigorously explored the Chinese market, and for a time, it was refreshing and refreshing. "Supplemental strength", "Thirsty drinking Red Bull, sleepy, tired, but also to drink Red Bull" advertising slogans overwhelming. However, not all Red Bull drinks in overseas markets have the same formula. For example: The European and American version of Red Bull is a carbonated soft drink. The Canadian version of Red Bull is completely free of caffeine, taurine, and other refreshing agents in order to pass the country's food safety review. Its ingredients include only pure sugar and vitamin B groups. Therefore, it uses "liquid vitamins to supply drinks." Positioning listing.