There was a run on a soda machine at BYU's Provo campus Tuesday, when students found it contained caffeinated Coke Zero. Traditionally, BYU does not stock the machines with any caffeinated drinks.
Alas, it was all an accident, said BYU spokeswoman Carri Jenkins.
"Coke mistakenly included a limited number of caffeinated Coke Zeros in our order," Jenkins wrote in an email, "which no one caught while the vending machines were being stocked."
The caffeine question for Mormons stems from the Utah-based faith’s health code, known as the Word of Wisdom, which bars coffee and tea. For years, some have suggested that the ban included caffeinated colas, and the church’s flagship school, BYU, traditionally has neither sold nor served such drinks.
But what is different is that last year the Church of Latter-day Saints issued a statement on their website, saying,
"the church revelation spelling out health practices ... does not mention the use of caffeine."
Salt Lake Tribune via TMR
