"Breaking Wine" Four Rocks or Banned Ingredients Can Lead to "Unsafe Addiction"

Four Rock Alcoholic Beverages
This year, an American alcoholic beverage known as "piece wine" and "lost wine" "four Rocks" detonated the domestic social network, some netizens said it "drink a few mouthfuls on memory loss." The China Liquor Association recently issued a consumer warning on "Four Loko" on WeChat Public, saying that the product or containing banned ingredients can lead to "unsafe addiction" and remind consumers of rational choice and rational consumption.
A can of "
effect
is equivalent to half a dozen beers
China Net Finance reporters try to search Tmall Mall "Four Loko", the results show that "in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and policies, can not show the relevant goods", and search "FourLoko Four" or "Four Rocks", the emergence of related goods and flagship stores. Entering the flagship store, some items are clearly marked with the words "one can of shrapder" and "I am an artifact" on the thumbnail, and in the introduction, "a can of 695ml Four Loko is equivalent to half a dozen beers or five glasses of 45-degree pure whisky or five glasses of red wine".
shop has citrus, watermelon, grapes and other eleven flavors to choose from. There is a purchase evaluation shows that "just drink less feeling no, slowly will want to vomit feeling, and then even drink 2 small cups, basic food and drink are vomited out", and consumers said that "drink less than a can of sleep for more than four hours, the next day stomach pain a day."
cases of property damage and even personal safety hazards caused by drunken "Four Rocks" have also been reported. On October 15, two Anhui university students, due to psychological problems, committed suicide in a hotel after meeting in Nanjing, the Modern Express reported. When the police arrived at the scene, they found that the room contained burning charcoal basins and untated charcoal, as well as "piece wine" that had been drunk - "Four Loko".
mostly for informal channels imported
specific formula is not clearly marked
According to the China Wine Association informed that the "four Locke" main sales channels for e-commerce websites, imported supermarkets and some bars, of which, most of them are informal import channels, no Chinese label.
" through the existing Chinese label and limited English logo, you can see that this product contains 12%-14% Vol of alcohol, as well as malt beverages, flavors, colors, syrups, citric acid and other ingredients, but does not correspond to the English logo. The English logo of the product is extremely simple, the specific distribution ratio from the label, but it is vague. "The Chinese Wine Association said.
In addition, the Chinese Wine Association tips, "four Rock" wine is marked as beer in English, but from the process should belong to the preparation of wine, its production process is relatively simple, no fermentation, no distillation, the use of edible alcohol, food additives, pure water and other preparation can be. The product has a fairly strong flavor and flavor, used to mask the irritating taste of alcohol.
In addition to alcohol banned caffeine and other ingredients
in the United States banned the sale of
fourloko flagship store, said that the "four Locke" series launched in the U.S. market in 2005, 2009 sales "miracle", in the young consumer group is extremely popular. The word "four" comes from the four main ingredients of the original alcoholic beverage: alcohol, caffeine, taurine, and guarana.
it is understood that caffeine and taurine are often added to functional drinks such as Red Bull, while Guarana is a Brazilian plant used as a stimulant. In 2010, four-rock alcohol was banned in more than 20 U.S. states after being warned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for illegally adding caffeine. In April 2011, the "Four Rocks" series of products removed caffeine and was re-sold.
experts point out that caffeine has an excitable effect, causing many people to mistakenly think they are not very drunk after drinking such drinks, thus drinking too much alcohol, increasing the damage to the human body. Drinking alcohol and coffee at the same time also stimulates blood vessel dilation, accelerates blood circulation, and greatly increases the cardiovascular burden.
chinese wine association said caffeine, taurine and guarana extract can lead to "unsafe addiction", in accordance with the existing laws and regulations of the country, the above ingredients can not be used in the production and sale of alcoholic beverages. Regarding the claim that caffeine and other ingredients have been removed from the formula, the Chinese Wine Association believes that the informal channels of products contain the above ingredients have yet to be confirmed.