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What do eggs, lamb and caffeine tears make? Cantopop!

2016-10-06 01:12:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Hong Kong's Cantopop industry has been given a new boost of creativity by singers who aren't afraid to get political.

American caffeine addiction dates back at least 1000 years

2015-09-13 01:37:09| Beverages - Topix.net

Starbucks and Coca-Cola might be relatively recent inventions, but America's craving for caffeinated beverages dates back at least a millennium, according to a new study published this week in the In the study, researchers from the University of New Mexico and their colleagues found that people living in the southwestern US and northwestern New Mexico drank highly caffeinated beverages made out of holly and cacao between 750 and 1,400 AD, Lead author and distinguished professor of anthropology Patricia Crown explained that one of the drinks was a cacao-based chocolate drink, while the other was what Native Americans used to call "black drink" and was made out of holly.

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EFSA sets safe standards for caffeine consumption

2015-05-29 18:14:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said that single doses of caffeine of up to 200mg from all sources, including from energy drinks and cola, do not raise concerns for human health.

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Companies rapped over caffeine shapewear claims

2014-11-13 13:05:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered two companies to pay a total of more than US$1.5m for misleading customers about the claimed slimming effects of caffeine-infused shapewear.

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