Health committee  If I understand the question correctly, the question is do we know the impact on the health of young people of the combination of the alcohol and the sugar. The sugar, from what we see, seems to mask or impact the flavour of the alcohol. You're not tasting the malt or the alcoho

Health committee  The impact of the guarana and the amount of caffeine in that guarana is negligible. It is basically marketing and advertising the word “guarana”.

Health committee  Perhaps I could add one other thing. Part of the purpose of the notice of intent, too, is to get an understanding of how much of this type of product is out there and what the implication is. We know of certain products, but we're trying to get a better handle on the scope of thi

Health committee  This particular product was sold only in Quebec, but there are other similar products that are also on the market, and they are on the market across Canada. That's why we're here today to have this discussion about how to manage this further. That particular product itself was

Health committee  Guarana is a flavour that is allowed to be added to food ingredients. It's an approved ingredient as a flavour. It is actually not banned in the U.S. in these particular products. In 2010, when the U.S. looked at these products, the companies voluntarily decided to pull all prod