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Two years ago, the attorneys general from Oregon and Washington filed nearly identical lawsuits in their states alleging that 5-hour Energy ads deceived consumers by suggesting the shots are superior to coffee and recommended by doctors. In the last few days, the verdicts came in—and they’re completely opposite.
In Washington, King County Superior Court Judge Beth Andrus ruled Friday(PDF) that the scientific data didn’t back up the claim that 5-hour Energy’s combination of vitamins and caffeine worked “in a synergistic way” to make it superior to coffee.
“None of the studies … support the claim that combining specific B vitamins, taurine, choline, glucuronolactone and tyrosine with caffeine will cause the energy, alertness and focus effects of caffeine to last longer than if the caffeine were consumed alone,” Andrus wrote.
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Source: Ars Technica – Is 5-hour Energy better than coffee? Depends on which state you’re in