Neon, caffeinated alcohol drinks often boast exotic-sounding ingredients such as taurine, guarana, ginkgo, bitter orange and ginseng. These give the beverage manufacturers clever marketing strategies, but do little else, said pharmacology and nutrition experts.
The key ingredients in these drinks are alcohol and caffeine. The rest is "silly window dressing," said David Schardt, a senior nutritionist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Energy drinks became controversial after two colleges banned Four Loko, a caffeinated alcohol beverage, after students became ill.
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The name "Four" is derived from the major ingredients: caffeine, taurine, guarana and alcohol, according to Phusion Projects, Four Loko's maker.
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