The Chicago company that makes the most popular of a slew of controversial caffeinated alcoholic beverages announced Tuesday night that it was removing caffeine and other sources of the stimulant from all of its products.
Phusion Projects said in a statement that it planned to "reformulate its products to remove caffeine, guarana and taurine nationwide. . . . Going forward Phusion will produce only non-caffeinated versions of Four Loko," the company's most popular drink. ...
The Food and Drug Administration will announce as early as Wednesday that it has determined that caffeine is an unsafe substance to add to alcoholic beverages, "effectively making products such as Four Loko, Joose, and others like them, prohibited for sale in the United States," Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a statement.
In addition, the Federal Trade Commission plans to notify companies making the product that "they are engaged in the potential illegal marketing of unsafe alcoholic drinks," he said.
"This ruling should be the nail in the coffin of these dangerous and toxic drinks," Schumer said. "Parents should be able to rest a little easier knowing that soon their children won't have access to this deadly brew."
Caffeine + alcohol = let the good times roll!
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People who shit on 4 loko don't "get" it. You drink a can of that shit and it will get you fucked up, great for clubbing. Doesn't taste particularly great unless it's the fruit punch flavor but it is perfect for pre-game. Give a can of four loko to a horny college chick and she'll be sucking your dick half way through that can.
sorry. I just have no use for clubs now. A bar is more my type of atmosphere anyways.
Now everyone will have to go back to making their own with Jagermeister and Red Bull. :(
Just saw this in the news yesterday but I never heard of Four Loko before. What the hell does it taste like? For some reason I'm picturing MD 20/20 with caffeine.