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Table 1. Caffeine Content of Foods and Beverages
Food or Beverage Mg of Caffeine
COFFEE (6
-oz cup)
Drip 130–180
Percolated 75–150
Espresso (1.5 to 2 oz) 100
Instant 50–130
Decaffeinated 2–6
TEA (6-oz cup)
1 minute brew 10–40
3 minute brew 20–55
5 minute brew 25–100
Instant 15–35
Canned iced tea (12 oz) 55–90
CHOCOLATE PRODUCT
Hot chocolate, from mix (6 oz) 10
Chocolate milk (6 oz) 4
Milk chocolate (1 oz) 6
Dark chocolate (1 oz) 20
Baking chocolate (1 oz) 35
M&M’s (1.75 oz) 15
Hershey’s Candy Bar (1.58 oz) 12
Hershey’s Special Dark Bar (1.3 oz) 36
MISCELLANEOUS FOODS
Dannon Coffee Yogurt (100 ml) 25
Cocoa Puffs breakfast cereal (100 g) 2
Häagen Dazs Coffee Ice Cream (½ cup) 32
Table 2. Caffeine Percentage by Weight: Natural Sources
Source Range of Percentage of Caffeine by Weight
Roasted coffee beans 0.8 to 1.8
Tea leaves 2.0 to 4.1
Cocoa beans .97 to 1.7
Cola nuts 1.0 to 2.2
Table 3. Caffeine Content of Soft Drinks
Drink (12 oz) Mg of Caffeine
Jolt Cola 70
Mr. Pibb 59
Mountain Dew 54
Diet Mountain Dew 55
Mello Yellow 53
Tab 47
Coca-Cola 46
Diet Coke 46
Shasta Cola 45
Shasta Cherry Cola 45
Shasta Diet Cola 45
Dr Pepper 40
Diet Dr Pepper 40
Pepsi-Cola 38
Diet Pepsi 36
Aspen 36
RC Cola 36
Diet RC 36
Diet Rite 36
Canada Dry Cola 30
Canada Dry Diet Cola 1
7-Up 0
Adapted from FDA statistics, 1984, published in FDA Consumer
Table 4. Caffeine Content of Medications
Type of Medication Caffeine Content (mg per pill or capsule)
ANALGESICS
Vanquish 33
Anacin 32
Excedrin 65
Midol 32
COLD REMEDIES
Coryban-D 30
Dristan 0
Triaminicin 30
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