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Food FYI: Wait, energy drink labels are lying to me?

By Betty Hallock
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ENERGY DRINKS: Consumer Reports magazine released a study Thursday that finds 11 of the 27 top-selling energy drinks in the U.S. do not specify caffeine amounts, and of the 16 drinks that did list amounts, five had more caffeine per serving than listed -- by an average of more than 20%. The study follows news that federal regulators are investigating reports of five deaths that might be associated with Monster Energy drink. [Reuters]

SCARY COCKTAILS: Celebrating Halloween the way adults do: with spooky drinks. Here are eight Halloween drinks to help ward off trick-or-treaters, or at least soberness, including the Black Martini (made with black vodka such as Blavod, which sounds as if it will suck your blood), the Green Ghoul and the Morguerita. [The Hairpin]

T-DAY AIRFARE: How far are you traveling for your turkey this Thanksgiving? The average round-trip domestic airline ticket for Nov. 17 to 27 is $386, including tax, a 9% increase over last year, according to Travelocity. [Los Angeles Times]

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Betty Hallock

Betty Hallock is deputy Food editor at the Los Angeles Times. She has co-written four cookbooks, including “Bäco: Vivid Recipes from the Heart of Los Angeles,” “Amá: A Modern Tex-Mex Kitchen” and “Baking at République.” She started her journalism career at the Wall Street Journal and Scientific American in New York, worked on the L.A. Times’ Business desk, and was interim food editor at Los Angeles Magazine. Hallock also helped launch a food and nutrition vertical for wellness app RoundGlass. She’s a graduate of UCLA and New York University.

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