Dragon Soop continues to charge up the ranking, thanks to growing distribution and the new trend for caffeinated energy drinks.

The Panel noted that on all of the products listed, the top of the can stated that it was a caffeinated alcoholic beverage and that this was repeated above the Dragon Soop brand name on the front of each can. I have always told her about the risks of this but teenagers will always try to push the boundaries. Phusion Projects, and United Brands Company Inc, that the caffeine added to their malt alcoholic beverages is an "unsafe food additive" and said that further action, including seizure of their products, may occur under federal law. The company also explained that the Portman Group proceeded with breach procedure, even if the company had previously been cleared of breaching those rules.abv brand’s year was marred a little in January, however, when The Portman Group ruled Dragon Soop Venom had breached rules against associating booze with bravado. A drink, its packaging and any promotional material or activity should not in any direct or indirect way give the higher alcoholic strength, or intoxicating effect, undue emphasis. All I urge is for everyone to be more cautious of just how dangerous and potentially life threatening to a teenager this stuff actually is. With regards to the illustration of the dragon, the Panel noted the similarity compared to the Strawberry and Lime 2015 precedent and considered that the products still included a simple line drawing, were mature in design, were not childlike and would be unlikely to have a particular appeal to under-18s.

Colin was a pleasure to deal with and we would have no issue in recommending to friends and family for their weddings in the future. Get all the latest news and headlines from Edinburgh, Fife and the Lothians sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The company explained that if NIADA had put together a similar small sample group of its clients who preferred other types of alcohol such as rum, vodka or cider, and were then asked about their abuse of that drink, they would likely give similar answers. The National Health Service (NHS) recommendations for adult men and women is not to exceed 14 units of alcohol per week and to spread this over 3 days (NHS, 2018). On the day he arrived when he said, setup and entertained our guests - the dance floor was full pretty much all evening and the feedback from our guests was that the music was fantastic - a few even asked for his playlist!

Ingredients include Schnapps, Caffeine, Taurine, Guarana and a fusion cocktail of "myriad unique flavours".The wine-based drink, sold in bright cans much like normal energy drinks, contain a high alcohol content of eight percent, and 35mg per 100ml of caffeine. The Panel discussed the overall impression conveyed by the products and noted the producer’s response which highlighted that each product did not contain the word ‘energy’ which was a distinct difference to all other non-alcoholic energy drinks. One day of drinking 3 and a half cans exceeds this limit for adults, and we know from our focus groups young people drink more than one can in one sitting.