“Accidentally”.
Uh-huh. And I bet they’ve had a massive bump in sales from this “accident”, as underage people swarm vendors to see if they could score one of these “accidental” cans.
I wonder if anyone unintentionally drove drunk from this. An energy drink is exactly what someone trying to be more alert would drink before driving.
I would doubt it. It’s only 4.5% and most don’t pound down energy drinks. There’s also a taste difference.
most don’t pound down energy drinks
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Yeah, I’ll often grab an energy drink from the gas station and chug it before continuing on during a long drive. Luckily I don’t drink this brand.
But do you pound 3-4 of them in rapid succession, enough to get you drunk if they were accidentally spiked?
I’m more concerned about people who may have substance abuse issues getting accidentally drawn in.
I got shitfaced drunk from 4 beers once; I can’t handle alcohol for shit. But yeah, the big concern is a sober alcoholic accidentally relapsing.
But do you chug 4 energy drinks at the rest stop? I think the original commenter’s point, energy hopefully aren’t something you drink in such large quantities.
I used to drink nothing but monster. Anything up to 10 cans a day
4 beers had me puking in my friend’s bathroom. 1 beer would probably make me an unsafe driver.
Don’t threaten me with a good time
Outsourcing manufacturing has its downsides.
Are any drink manufacturers fully vertically integrated? I think most of them outsource can and bottle manufacturing, even big manufacturers like Coca-Cola. They’re in the business of making drinks, not making cans and bottles (which don’t have any special features compared to cans and bottles used by other companies), so it makes sense to use a vendor that has experience in that area.
Coca-Cola atleast some plants have blow molders for plastic bottles. Making cans is a massive ordeal and requires its own plant, so if they have the space they could probably do it as well. A plastic blowmolder is under 100sqft. Makes more economical sense to ship in blanks and make your own than shipping 10x empty air volume.
Anheuser-Busch manufactures cans and bottles
Anheuser Busch owns and operates aluminum can plants (Metal Container Corporation). MCC supplies Anheuser Busch breweries and Pepsi Beverages Group fillers across the US. Suppliers to Anheuser-Busch Companies include Owens-Illinois, which provides glass bottles to several Anheuser-Busch breweries. Anheuser-Busch also owns glass production facilities, such as the former Longhorn Glass, which provides glass for the Houston brewery.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anheuser-Busch#Other_operations
Coca Cola is unique in that the company itself only produces concentrated syrups which it sells to franchises that handle bottling.
Coca-Cola Canada makes their own bottles and packages cans and bottles as well, they also make their own “syrup” on site. IE they make their stuff for pop machines. Canning and bottling is only watering down that mix and carbonating it.
I see no reason why Coca Cola plants in the US wouldn’t bottle and can their own stuff as well. And also no reason why they can’t have a blow molder to make their own bottles. They aren’t that specialized pieces and the units less than 100sqft.
You can downvote me, but facts are facts.
In general, the Coca-Cola Company and its subsidiaries only produce syrup concentrate, as well as sourcing beverage base including coffee beans, tea leaf, juices, etc., which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold a local Coca-Cola franchise. Coca-Cola bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce the finished product in packages from the concentrate and beverage base, in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute, and merchandise the Coca-Cola product to retail stores, vending machines, restaurants, and food service distributors. Outside the United States, these bottlers also control the fountain business.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company#Bottlers
They even formed an initiative to temporarily own, consolidate, and accelerate franchises in order to get Coca-Cola out of the bottling business.
the company has accelerated refranchising both company-owned bottlers and independent bottling partners to consolidate their operations and move away from the capital-intensive and low-margin business of bottling, with maintaining minor share ownership of these consolidated bottlers and secure the right to nominate directors and/or executives through shareholders agreement and/or capital and business alliance agreement.
You realize in general means not in every case? In Canada and the USA, that’s not the case, they make their own syrup and fills cans and bottles.
Sure other countries may outweigh it, but large countries don’t operate that way.
Source, I’ve installed blow molders for bottling plants that mix their own syrups.
They have multiple lines, usually one for pop machine, two for plastic bottles and one for cans. Depending on the size and location they may also distribute stuff like Monster as well.
Now if you’re talking like a small town somewhere, shipping syrup is cheaper, so in specific cases (not in NA) it can make some sense to ship syrup and then add the water.
Pepsi-co more or less operates the same as well, they have blow molders on site for plastic bottles.
High Noon said that an unspecified number of its Beach Variety packs contain cans are filled with High Noon vodka seltzer alcohol but have been mislabeled as Celsius Astro Vibe energy drink, Sparkling Blue Razz Edition, with a silver top.
The products were shipped to retailers in Florida, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin from July 21 to July 23.
Wait, so they’re still being sold correctly, but the can alone is mislabeled? The Variety pack is sold as a High Noon product which you expect to contain alcohol, presumably in a box or something similar, and the cans themselves inside have the correct product, just with the wrong labeling?
That’s not nearly as big of an issue as the headline wants you to infer. These aren’t individual cans sitting on a shelf mixed in with non-alcoholic versions.
Jesus, as someone allergic* to alcohol, that’s TERRIFYING!
*It’s more complicated than “allergic”, that’s just the easiest way to comprehend it.
It’s in a High Noon box and the other three flavors are in High Noon cans. It’s one flavor packaged in the wrong can.
You aren’t going to buy an energy drink and get alcohol. If somebody buys alcohol, they may find something inside that doesn’t look like alcohol.
Disappointing.
Surprise we’ve added peanut dust to the mix!
For that extra salty flavor
——> just a nightmare thought for everyone here
Also happy cake day
Asian? Like the skin thing you have to take a pill for?
Common in Asians. My liver lacks the enzymes to process alcohol correctly. So if I drink one beer, I’ll projectile vomit for 3 days. :(
Normal person:
Alcohol -> Liver
Alcohol -> Enzymes -> Acetaldehyde (cousin to formaldehyde)
Acetaldehyde -> More Enzymes -> Sugar and WaterMe:
Alcohol -> Liver
Alcohol -> Enzymes -> Acetaldehyde (cousin to formaldehyde)
Acetaldehyde -> Projectile VomitingAwh, that sucks. I thought it was going to be the rash thing.
This is why I just say “I’m allergic”. Way easier to understand! :)
Fair point
…some of its vodka seltzers were accidentally labeled as Celsius energy drinks.
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