The regulations for energy drinks may be on the way to being tightened, writes Råd & Rön.
We are developing guidelines where we look at a recommended age limit for energy drinks, says Sabina Litens Karlsson, toxicologist and nutritionist at the National Food Agency, to the magazine.
Råd & Rön has tested the caffeine content in 25 energy drinks on the Swedish market and notes that almost half contain so much caffeine that they would not be allowed in Denmark and Norway.
Today, Sweden has neither a maximum limit for caffeine content nor an age limit for buying energy drinks, although many retailers in the daily goods trade have set a 15-year age limit for purchasing the products themselves. Sabina Litens Karlsson says that an 18-year age limit would be needed if one looks at how much a person can drink without affecting sleep and having safe consumption.
