How do you test an energy drink for sugar or caffeine yourself?

Posted by Caffe | Posted in Other - Food & Drink | Posted on 03-02-2010

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Cat asked:


I want to do a test to see if the labels on certain energy drinks are true. How do you test for sugar, caffeine etc.?

What happens to the caffeine extracted from decaf?

Posted by Caffe | Posted in Non-Alcoholic Drinks | Posted on 05-10-2009

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myles325 asked:


I’ve heard that now something like 10% of coffee is decaf. That would be thousands of tons of coffee that’s been stripped of caffeine, and thus, thousands of litres of pure caffeine. Do they put it all in those high-potency energy drinks like Red Bull, and V? What a cushy bizzo! Make one person pay for taking the caffeine out of her drink, and make the person next to her pay for putting that caffeine back into his

How do you extract caffeine from a drink?

Posted by Caffe | Posted in Chemistry | Posted on 27-09-2009

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Rupert asked:


I have to do a science experiment for school, and was wondering is it possible to extract caffeine from drinks such as coffee, tea and energy drinks.