Posted by noa on May 1, 2003, at 18:59:03
In reply to Re: Thanks everyone » leeran, posted by Dinah on April 30, 2003, at 21:33:12
Yep, Mountain Dew has plenty of caffeine. In fact, in the US, but not Canada, apparently, most Coke and Pepsi sodas have caffiene added--the root bears, the orange sodas, etc. Why? To addict children early in life. There was a great story on this on one of the news magazine shows on TV a couple of years ago. The soda companies say it is because the caffeine is essential to the flavor. But the tv show gave blind taste tests to kids of different ages, using the Canadian marketed, ie, caffeine free versions, versus the US versions, with the caffeine. I probably don't need to tell you the results.
It irks me so much! Who would think orange soda would have caffeine? So, parents are totally unsuspecting, thinking they're choosing non-cola drinks because they don't have caffeine, but alas, they do.
But it may be just what you are looking for (as an adult with full informed consent!).
BTW, aspartame also gives me headaches, so I don't like to drink diet sodas.
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