Caffeine Content Of Popular Foods

12-Ounce Soft Drinks:

(Milligrams)

Jolt cola 71

Sugar-Free Mr. Pibb 59

Mountain Dew (US) 55

Mountain Dew (Canada) 0

Mello Yellow 53

Surge 53

Tab 47

Coca-Cola classic 47

Diet Coke 47

Shasta Cola 44

Shasta Cherry Cola 44

Shasta Diet Cola 44

Mr. Pibb 41

Dr. Pepper 40

Pepsi Cola 37

Diet Pepsi 36

Aspen 36

RC Cola 36

Diet RC 36

Dr. Slice 35

Canada Dry Cola 30

Barq's Root Beer 23

Canada Dry Diet Cola 1

Mug Root Beer 0

7 Up 0

Sprite 0

Fresca 0

Minute Maid Grape 0

Minute Maid Orange 0

Slice Mandarin Orange 0

Other Beverages: (7 ounces)

Coffee (brewed) 166

Espresso (2 ounces) 100

Coffee (instant) 83

Tea (brewed) 50

Tea (iced) 41

Tea (instant) 30

Hot cocoa 12

Decaf coffee (brewed) 4

Decaf coffee (instant) 3

Chocolate milk 2

Candies: (1 ounce)

Baker's unsweet. choc. 25

Hershey's s/sweet chips 22

Hershey's Special Dark 21

Nestl s/sweet morsels 19

Dove Dark Chocolate 17

Cadbury chocolate 15

Baker's semisweet choc. 13

M&Ms Choc. Baking Bits 12 Baker's German sweet 8

Raisinets 7

Hershey's Kisses 7

Crunch 7

Goobers 6

Hershey's milk chocolate 6

Milky Way Dark 6

M&Ms Milk Choc. Bits 4

M&Ms plain chocolate 4

Mr. Goodbar 3

Reese's p'nut butter cups 3

M&Ms Peanut 3

Dove Milk Chocolate 3

3 Musketeers 2

M&Ms Almond 2

M&Ms P'nut Butter choc. 2

Rolo caramels 2

Skor toffee 2

Kudos whole grain bars 2

Baby Ruth 1

Butterfinger 1

Snickers 1

TWIX cookie bars 1

Mars Almond 1

Milky Way 1

Reese's Pieces 0

Other Foods:

Chocolate syrup (2 Tbsp) 7

Fudge topping (2 Tbsp) 6

Jello Pud. Pops (1 oz.) 1

SOURCES: Coca-Cola Co.; Hershey Foods; Mars, Incorporated; Nestl USA, Inc.; US Food and Drug Administration; Monitor research.