burn (Energydrink)

Burn is an energy drink of the beverage producer " The Coca -Cola Company." The sale will take place in Europe and Japan since 2002. It is characterized mainly by its red color Allura Red AC and its relatively high sugar and taurine. Suitable preservatives it contains potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate. Another ingredient is glucuronolactone. The filling quantity is 0.25 liters, the design of the box is a black background on the two flames are printed in which the word is illustrated burn. Since August 10, 2009 burn is sold in Austria in a resealable aluminum can with 485ml content. After the launch in Germany in 2002, outwitted many traders after the introduction of mandatory deposit beverage cans again, including burn. Initially yet commercially available in the reusable bottle, was burn later only to find in the restaurant business until production was stopped due to the regular paragraph. In 2009, Coca -Cola was back in the German energy drink market, but with the new brand Relentless.

Burn Energy Shot

Since 31 August 2009, there is to buy bottles in Austria highly concentrated burn shots in 50 ml PET. These contain 80 mg of caffeine, 4 - to 5 - times as much as in a comparable amount of other commercial energy drinks. The ingredients of burn energy shots are: water, sugar, acidifier citric acid and sodium citrate, taurine, aroma, caffeine, glucuronolactone, stabilizer: Natriumhexaphosphat, preservatives potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate, dye caramel, vitamins B3, B5, B6, B12, inositol, guarana extract, Süßungmittel E955.

Nutritional information and ingredients

  • Calorific value 62 kcal (263 kJ )
  • Carbohydrates 14.5 g
  • Fat 0 g

(Based on 100ml burn )

Safety

According to information from the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES ) is in the so-called Energy shots not to energy drinks in the traditional sense, but a dietary supplement. On the labels of the burn energy shots following safety instruction is printed in Austria, which is mandatory due to the regulation on dietary supplements:

A portion ( 50ml ) per day. Do not exceed 2 servings per day.

Not suitable as a substitute for a balanced diet.

Keep out of reach of children.

Not suitable for children, pregnant women and caffeine sensitive persons.

Judging from the usual understanding by falls such as also a nursing mother to the group of caffeine -sensitive people.

Background

  • Burn is sold in 28 European countries, worldwide in 50 countries. In the United States burn is not sold in Germany burn was discontinued in 2009 and replaced by the energy drink Relentless.
  • Another version of burn is burn day, which differs from the original in taste.
  • After the Coca- Cola GmbH burn in Germany and Switzerland, sold, brought the Red Bull Simply Cola on the market, whereby the two companies sold similar products for the first time.
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