Tag: Caffeinated alcohol ban

In 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to manufacturers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages, ruling that caffeine was an unsafe additive to alcohol. This pivotal event reshaped the popular beverage market and is the reason behind the question: does 4 Loco still have caffeine?

In 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially declared that the caffeinated alcoholic beverage Four Loko was a public health concern, leading to its reformulation. So what was wrong with the old Four Loko, dubbed the 'blackout in a can' by critics, that made it so controversial and ultimately led to its removal from shelves in its original form?.