"jolt" news and stories

Jolt Cola -- the evening study fuel of many a cramming student and the precursor to caffeine-packed energy drinks like Red Bull -- may soon be no more.

Jolt Co. Inc. filed for bankruptcy last year after racking up more than $5 million in debt to a Chicago can manufacturer. The company was optimistic about restructuring, but plans fell apart this week, putting the future of the double-caffeinated cola into jeopardy, a Jolt attorney told the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

"The name will show up someplace else, but just that," William I. Kohn of Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff told the paper. "I don't see anybody buying the entire package."

Jolt founder Carl J. Rapp, who started the company in 1985, fought the restructuring of the company and blamed its current situation on an investment group that owns a large stake in the company, the paper reports.

Will you miss Jolt Cola? Spill it in the comments.

[Via Rochester Democrat & Chronicle]

Brian at Candy Addict pointed out a story that I overlooked last week. A middle school student in Pennsylvania was suspended, not for stealing a cookie, but for bringing Jolt Gum to school and sharing it with another student. Jolt Gum was described by the superintendent as "a stimulant that has no other redeeming quality." "What if the gum had been given to a student with a heart condition?" she asked. The suspension was for three days, as the school has a zero-tolerance policy on stimulants, including caffeinated sodas.

Jolt Gum has 45 mg of caffeine per serving. For comparison, consider that a Hershey's chocolate bar has 9 mg of caffeine and a 12-oz. Coke has 34 mg (Diet Coke has 45mg).

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