VKM Report 2019: 01 Risk assessment of energy drinks and caffeine Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment Report from the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) 2019: 01 Risk assessment of energy drinks and caffeine Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment 01.02.2019 ISBN: 978-82-8259-317-5 ISSN: 2535-4019 Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM) Po 222 Skøyen N – 0213 Oslo Norway Phone: +47 21 62 28 00 Email:
[email protected] vkm.no vkm.no/english Cover photo: iStockphoto Suggested citation: VKM, Ellen Bruzell, Monica Hauger Carlsen, Berit Granum, Inger Therese Lillegaard, Gro Haarklou Mathisen, Josef Daniel Rasinger, Camilla Svendsen, Tove Gulbrandsen Devold, Jens Rohloff and Trine Husøy (2019). Risk assessment of energy drinks and caffeine. Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids, Materials in Contact with Food, and Cosmetics of the Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment. VKM report 2019:01, ISBN: 978-82-8259-317-5, ISSN: 2535-4019. Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (VKM), Oslo, Norway. VKM Report 2019: 01 Risk assessment of energy drinks and caffeine Authors of the opinion The Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment (Vitenskapskomiteen for mat og miljø, VKM) appointed a project group to answer the request. The project group consisted of eight persons, including a project leader from the VKM secretariat.