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by Emphere 1063 days ago
Seriously? This article is obviously poorly written marketing copy and is just one step above the average InfoWars article.

"Caffeine anhydrous was first developed by the Nazis" OK, so what? Not to mention the fact this is completely wrong. The first total synthesis of caffeine was described by Emil Fischer in 1895.

"Do the soda drink makers have to state how much caffeine is in the can?" I have no idea if there's a law mandating it but literally every can of soda or energy drink I've ever had lists the amount of caffeine in it.

I have no idea if the assertions about the quality of the Chinese plants is true or not but there are so many things that are off the about the article The general alarmist tone, rehashing of standard chemophobic tropes (woah, _SYNTHETIC_ caffeine!), inserting some industrial mishaps related to the manufacturing of caffeine products (no logical connection is drawn between these mishaps and well, anything else in the article...) etc.