Decaffeination of energy drinks

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Hello, everyone.
I am looking for a way to extract caffeine from energy drinks. It is difficult to find ways unlike finding those of tea leaves and coffee.
Please, help.

Thank you.

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Hi,

Are you more interested in 1) measuring the amount of caffeine in a drink, or 2) creating a decaffeinated version of an existing energy drink?

If you are interested in 1) measuring the amount of caffeine in a drink, existing caffeine measurement methods for tea/coffee will likely work the same. https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves ... xperiment) seems like a good start. Be sure to use a fume hood and proper protective equipment. For your reference, here is the MSDS for methylene chloride (one of the solvents used, which is hazardous): https://www.fishersci.com/msdsproxy%3Fp ... oductDescr

If you are trying to 2) create a decaffeinated version of an existing energy drink, this will be much more difficult. In tea leaves and coffee beans, caffeine is removed using supercritical (high-temp, high-temperature) CO2 to dissolve caffeine, before the drink is actually made. If you're working with the finished-drink already, the method for 1) would leave your drink toxic. You'll have to find an existing decaf version, or perhaps water would be a good alternative

Hope that helps. Let us know if you have additional questions.

Best,
Renee and Charles