Ecobreves – MEXICO: Energy Drink Formula Seeks Market

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MEXICO CITY, Sep 9 2006 (IPS) - Students at Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute developed a unique energy drink that combines sugarcane juice and an endemic plant that is also believed to be a sexual stimulant. In six months, it may be ready to compete on the market. “It's a beverage that promises a lot. It creates great energy in the person who consumes it and there is no negative or addictive consequence, because it doesn't contain caffeine like other energy drinks do,” Alicia Ramírez, one of the researchers at the Polytechnic who sponsored the invention, told Tierramérica.

In six months, maximum, she said, the beverage will find its way, either because someone will buy the formula or the inventors will market it themselves.

The drink's formula will not be revealed, but Ramírez said the plant stimulant it contains is called “damiana” and is found only in Mexico.