BPOM Says These 22 Coffee Brands Are Bad for You

Jakarta Globe, Dessy Sagita, November 25, 2011

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Coffee drinkers, beware of these 22 brands. It is not about their caffeine content, says the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM), but that they contain chemicals that can be bad for your health.

The 22 brands are not registered with BPOM but had been sold in the market, according to BPOM head Kustantinah. The problem is that they contain sildenafil or tadalafil.

Both substances are not allowed for use in food or beverage as they can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, stomach aches, palpitations, chest pains, permanent erectile dysfunction and even death.

Sildenafil and tadalafil are usually found in drugs or supplements for erectile dysfunction. They can have a lethal effect if consumed by someone with a heart condition.

“Imagine if people don't know this fact,” Kustantinah said. “Coffee is a beverage usually taken in the morning, during the day and at night time.”

BPOM has withdrawn all these brands from the market to be destroyed. Meanwhile, the producers as well as marketers have been warned to stop producing and selling these or face sanctions of a maximum of five years in jail or a fine of Rp 600 million.

The banned coffee brands are:

    1. 39 Sa Kao 3 in1 Kopi Mix Plus Ekstrak Jahe

    2. 39Sa Kao kopi Mix Ginseng Korea 3 in 1

    3. Bel-bel Kopi Ekstra Susu

    4. Black Borneo Platinum Coffee

    5. Dream Coffee

    6. Dynamic Coffee/Dynamic Nusantara/Dynamin Tribulus Coffee.

    7. Golden Life

    8. God Coffee Premium/ Good Coffee

    9. Herba Max Coffee

    10. Jaho Mix Barokah SP

    11. Jomoon Instant Coffee

    12. Joss-Fly Plus Coffee Plus Panax Ginseng

    13. Kopi Cleng- Sehat, Nikmat, Berstamina

    14. Kopi Mahabbah

    15. Kopi Pasutri

    16. Kopi KPH/Kopi Kuat

    17. Kopi Strong 234

    18. Maca-Tech

    19. Matador Coffee

    20. Mawaddah Coffee

    21. On Coffee

    22. Premium Energy Coffee