Table 5.
Lithium concentrations (µg Li/L) of soft and energy drinks, grouped in cola and cola mixed drinks, energy drinks, lemonades and other soft drinks. Li concentrations were measured by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
| Individual Beverages | µg Li/L |
|---|---|
| Soft and Energy Drinks | |
| Cola and Cola Mixed Drinks | 7.8 |
| Afri Cola | 58.3 |
| Coca Cola | 2.8 |
| Coca Cola, life | 1.5 |
| Coca Cola, light | 1.7 |
| Coca Cola, zero | 2.0 |
| Fritz Kola | 11.4 |
| Mezzo Mix | 1.6 |
| Pepsi Cola | 0.5 |
| Pepsi, light | 0.5 |
| Pepsi, Max | 12.1 |
| Red Bull Cola | 3.9 |
| Schwipp Schwapp | 3.1 |
| Spezi | 2.5 |
| Energy drinks | 23.7 |
| Acai 28 Black, energy | 104.8 |
| Cola Energy, zero | 12.8 |
| Effect | 1.3 |
| Red Bull | 10.2 |
| Red Bull, zero | 9.5 |
| Rockstar | 3.4 |
| Lemonades | 8.5 |
| Bionade, elderberry | 12.1 |
| Deit | 8.6 |
| Fanta | 14.1 |
| Fanta, zero | 14.8 |
| Fritz limo, citron | 12.7 |
| Fritz spritz | 2.0 |
| Granini “Die Limo”, citron | 2.6 |
| Krombacher’s “Fassbrause”, elderberry | 4.7 |
| Orangina, original | 2.8 |
| Schweppes, bitterlemon | 7.7 |
| Seven Up | 1.4 |
| Sinalco | 21.1 |
| Sprite | 1.4 |
| Sprite, zero | 17.8 |
| Veltins “Fassbrause” | 3.7 |
| Vilsa, apple-orange | 8.7 |
| Other soft drinks | 4.0 |
| Kombucha | 7.8 |
| Lipton, citron | 1.6 |
| Pfanner ice tea, peach | 2.3 |
| Punica Tea and Fruit, fruit-red | 4.1 |