Caffeine

A recent scientific study just proved something that viewers of many news outlets suspected for years: Journalists’ brains function at a lower level than the rest of the population.

The Turkish Food, Agriculture and Livestock Ministry has banned the sale of energy drinks for those under the age of 18, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on June 30. 

Such products will have to be sold with a tag to be read easily, saying: "[It] should not be consumed together with alcohol, or mixed with it."

Food containing high quantities of sugar, salt, caffeine or vegetable oil might be levied a tax ranging between 3 and 80 percent, Bulgaria's health and sports ministers said on Tuesday.

Bulgaria's Health Ministry plans to introduce a new tax of 3-10% on unhealthy food products and energy drinks.

"The tax rate will be determined by the health risk, be it caused by salt, sugar, trans-fatty acids, or the amount of caffeine or taurin in drinks," said Adam Persenski, Deputy Health Minister, as cited by Trud daily.

The first of the new ritual in Istanbul, the Istanbul Coffee Festival, will bring the gusto of the third wave of coffee trends in Galata Greek Primary School, an important center for many cultural events, starting Dec. 25 until Dec. 28 for every level of coffee enthusiast.

BELGRADE - Starting from December 13, foods and food supplements exported by Serbian businesses to the markets of the European Union (EU) will have be labeled in full compliance with the new EU Regulation 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers.

Journalists, teachers, police officers, plumbers, and trade workers were found to be consuming the most coffee sinking over four cups daily, a new study by pressat.co.uk shows.

According to a survey conducted by Omnibus for Britain’s Royal Mail comparing a number of holiday destinations, tourists in Greece pay the least for bottled still water but the most for a cup of coffee.

The survey concerns the prices tourists pay for certain services and products at popular holiday destinations.