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June 26th, 2008
Posted: 06:46 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNN) — Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc., the largest U.S. brewer, will take the “energy” out of its alcoholic energy drinks as part of a nationwide legal settlement, it announced Thursday. An investigation by attorneys general of 11 states found that the brewer was marketing its caffeinated alcoholic beverages to minors and misrepresenting the drinks’ health benefits, said New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. As a result of the settlement, Anheuser-Busch will remove caffeine and other stimulants — such as guarana and ginseng — from the drinks, making them simply alcoholic beverages instead of alcoholic energy beverages, the company and the attorneys general said. The move takes the company out of the alcoholic energy drink field, and part of the agreement with the attorneys general is that will never again produce, distribute or market any alcoholic drinks containing caffeine or other stimulants. |
 
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