Mars Wrigley Gum Prompts FDA Review of Effect on Children
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A Mars Inc. Wrigley chewing gum with added caffeine has sparked U.S. regulators to review how food with the added stimulant affects children.
The introduction today of Alert Energy gum is the latest in a line of foods that have added caffeine, Michael Taylor, the Food and Drug Admnistration’s deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine, said in a statement on the agency’s website. The only time the FDA approved added caffeine in food was for cola in the 1950s he said.