date:May 02, 2013
y reached for comment on Tuesday. The company says it has been marketing the gum as an energy product for adults aged 25 to 49.
The only time that FDA explicitly approved the added use of caffeine in a food was for cola and that was in the 1950s, Michael Taylor, FDA deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, said in the FDA's Monday statement on its web site. Today, the environment has changed. Children and adolescents may be exposed to caffeine beyond those foods in which caffeine