I haven’t done the math but I can’t imagine that’s the case or most sodas would also be illegal in their concentrated form.
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superkret@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
Don’t know about where you live, but in the EU, there’s a hard upper limit on the caffeine concentration in drinks you can legally sell.
Any syrup designed to be watered down before you drink it would be above the limit and therefore illegal.
Hawke@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
SirQuackTheDuck@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’ve had postmix based soda in the Netherlands, so that’s not true. Ingredients are not held to the same standards as premixed drinks.
To answer op’s question, I think it’s more of a supply/demand case, and a postmix doesn’t display the brand as well as a can of an energy drink does (which is also marketing).