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2006-08-08 12:32:45 · 21 answers · asked by i love softball 1 in Science & Mathematics Other - Science

21 answers

I asked a distrubutor of Red Bull about this very question, and he simply laughed and told me of course not!

2006-08-08 12:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by rachprime 3 · 2 0

G'day Stacey P,

Red Bull is an Austrian energy drink.

It contains per 250 ml serving, about 27 grams of sugar(glucose, sucrose), 1000 mg of taurine, 600 mg of glucuronolactone, B-complex vitamins and 80 mg of caffeine. The caffeine in one serving is a little less than that found in an average cup of coffee (100 mg/8 oz. cup) or twice as much as found in a can of Coke (40 mg/12 oz. can). A sugar-free version has been available since the beginning of 2003.

Taurine isn't the product that you described but an aminoethanesulfonic acid first extracted from bulls.

The product was developed after Dietrich Mateschitz traveled to Thailand and saw that the tuk-tuk (rickshaw) drivers drank a substance to keep them energized throughout the day. After some alterations to the recipe, and a flavor modification for the public, Red Bull was born. He adapted it from the Thai beverage Krating Daeng (กระทิงแดง), which translates into the English language as Red Gaur. A gaur is a wild ox found in Southeast Asia.

I have enclosed some sources for your reference.

Regards

2006-08-08 20:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No it is not.

Red Bull ingredients are: carbonated water, sucrose, glucose, sodium citrate, taurine, glucuronolactone, caffeine, inositol, niacin, D-pantothenol, pyridoxine HCL, vitamin B12, artificial flavours, colors


taurine: There is a popular meme that claims that taurine is derived from the testicles of bulls. This is untrue. Also, it's suggested that a precursor to taurine that is present in many energy drinks, glucuronolactone was a mood-lifting stimulant developed to improve morale for soldiers in the Vietnam War, that was made illegal for adverse effects.[4] This is untrue, as taurine and all its precusors are uncontrolled by any drug enforcement agency.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurine

2006-08-08 20:08:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes they are 100% bull sperm

2006-08-08 19:37:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

good bull sperm is way to expensive to put into a drink

2006-08-08 19:37:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

No. The originator of it all is called Red Bull because of an ingredient it contains: Taurine, which is just an amino acid.

2006-08-08 19:37:05 · answer #6 · answered by ymingy@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0 0

No, they don't.
Red bull is supposed to have bull bile and that's a lie, because I checked into it.

2006-08-08 19:37:40 · answer #7 · answered by Sara 2 · 0 0

Yes they do. It is an ingredient that starts with a T, but I can't remember what the word is.

2006-08-08 19:36:29 · answer #8 · answered by wiz1jtc 2 · 0 0

This is just like people saying doritos contain bat guano...an appetite stimulant...sodium guano something or other....most likely not true for either.

2006-08-08 19:38:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Of course not, it would be illegal to sell. Check the label.

2006-08-08 19:39:12 · answer #10 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0 0

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