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Wes Streeting pushes ahead with ban on excessive caffeine power drinks for under-16s

By Editorial Board Published September 3, 2025 5 Min Read
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Wes Streeting pushes ahead with ban on excessive caffeine power drinks for under-16s

The well being secretary insists that prime caffeine power drinks must be banned for under-16s in England, saying they influence youngsters’s well being and studying.

“The majority of teachers see the impact of children’s learning in the classroom and their concentration. And doctors have warned about the health impacts of these drinks, which are high [in] sugar and can lead to longer-term health problems.

During the wide-ranging interview, he added: “A variety of these youngsters are necking these drinks, that are the equal of 4 cans of Coke. It does influence on their well being, it does influence on their studying, and that is why this authorities is appearing.”

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The federal government has launched a 12-week session and says the proposals would stop points corresponding to disrupted sleep, elevated nervousness and lack of focus, in addition to poorer faculty outcomes.

Underneath the proposals, it might be unlawful to promote power drinks containing greater than 150mg of caffeine per litre to anybody beneath 16 throughout all retailers, together with on-line, in outlets, eating places, cafes and merchandising machines.

Tea, espresso and lower-caffeine delicate drinks – corresponding to Coca-Cola and Pepsi – are usually not affected.

However drinks that presently breach the restrict and can be a part of the ban embody Purple Bull, Monster, Relentless and Prime. They already carry warnings stating they don’t seem to be advisable for youngsters.

Main supermarkets have already voluntarily stopped gross sales of the drinks to kids, however the Division of Well being stated analysis suggests some smaller comfort shops are nonetheless promoting them to youngsters.

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Gavin Partington, director normal of the British Gentle Drinks Affiliation, stated corporations don’t market or promote the drinks to under-16s.

He added: “It’s essential that any forthcoming regulation is based on a rigorous assessment of the evidence that’s available.”

Professor Steve Turner, president of the Royal Faculty of Paediatrics and Baby Well being, stated: “There’s no evidence that caffeine or other stimulants in these products offer any nutritional or developmental benefit – in fact, growing research points to serious risks for behaviour and mental health.”

However the authorities’s declare {that a} ban “could prevent obesity in up to 40,000 children” has been described as “scientifically unfounded” by Tom Sanders, professor emeritus of vitamin and dietetics at King’s Faculty London.

Whereas supporting the necessity to prohibit the gross sales of excessive caffeine drinks to younger individuals, “most of these drinks are not high in calories,” he stated.

“Caffeine certainly does not promote weight gain, and the published scientific evidence is in the opposite direction,” he added.

A earlier session in 2018, beneath the previous Conservative administration, obtained widespread help, however adjustments weren’t applied.

The Welsh authorities continues to be evaluating responses to a session on a possible ban.

In the meantime, a session by the Scottish authorities in 2020 determined to not ban the sale of caffeinated power drinks to youngsters and younger individuals.

It concluded that consumption by youngsters within the UK was “relatively low” regardless of a sub-group of “high acute users”, however there have been “many limitations with the current evidence base”.

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