The Caffeine Committee promotes scientific evaluation of health and safety issues related to caffeine consumption and serves as a resource for reliable science on caffeine to support the advancement of public health.
Assessing Dietary Exposure to Caffeine From Beverages in the U.S. Population Using Brand-Specific Versus Category-Specific Caffeine Values
Food and Chemical Toxicology, March 27, 2015
Systematic Review Now Available:
Systematic Review of the Potential Adverse Effects of Caffeine Consumption in Healthy Adults, Pregnant Women, Adolescents, and Children.
Selected as the "Best Paper of the Year” by the editors of Food and Chemical Toxicology.
Why is this research valuable?
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Applied Food Sciences, Inc.
Keurig Dr Pepper
Kraft Heinz Company
Red Bull GmbH
ACADEMIC ADVISOR
Marilyn Cornelis, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
GOVERNMENT ADVISOR
Harris Lieberman, PhD, Military Nutrition Division
U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM)
Projects Supported by the Committee:
Publications
Assessing Dietary Exposure to Caffeine From Beverages in the U.S. Population Using Brand-Specific Versus Category-Specific Caffeine Values
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2015
Caffeine: Friend or Foe?
Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, 2016
Panelists’ during IAFNS’s 2015 Annual Meeting covered topics ranging from the natural occurrence of caffeine in plants and interindividual metabolism of caffeine in humans to specific behavioral, reproductive, and cardiovascular effects related to caffeine consumption.
Key Findings and Implications of a Recent Systematic Review of the Potential Adverse Effects of Caffeine Consumption in Healthy Adults, Pregnant Women, Adolescents, and Children
Nutrients, 2018
This paper is a “plain language summary” of the comprehensive 2017 systematic review on the adverse health outcomes associated with caffeine in healthy adults, pregnant women, adolescents and children. The authors of the systematic review were invited to develop this summary by the co-editors of Nutrients, for inclusion in a special journal issue on caffeine.
Systematic Review of the Potential Adverse Effects of Caffeine Consumption in Healthy Adults, Pregnant Women, Adolescents, and Children
Food and Chemical Toxicology, 2017
This Systematic Review looked at five adverse health outcomes associated with caffeine consumption and over 2 dozen specific endpoints related to caffeine in the areas of: acute toxicity, cardiovascular effects, bone and calcium, behavior reproductive & development toxicity.
Events
Beyond the Headlines: Communicating the Science of Caffeine
March 21, 2022
Virtual, Webinar
This webinar is designed for practitioners who seek to enhance their understanding of the science of caffeine and how to communicate evidence-based messaging to consumers. Participation in this webinar will support the ability of practitioners to evaluate the science of caffeine for various populations and respond to consumer perceptions related to its safety.
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