Caffeine Content Of Popular Drinks


Soft Drinks

12-ounce beveragemilligrams
Jolt 71.2
Pepsi One55.5
Mountain Dew 55.0 (0 in Canada)
Diet Mountain Dew 55.0
Kick Citrus 54
Mellow Yellow 52.8
Surge 51.0
Tab 46.8
Coca-Cola 45.6
Diet Coke 45.6
Shasta Cola 44.4
Shasta Cherry Cola 44.4
Shasta Diet Cola 44.4
Diet Sunkist Orange 41.0
Mr. Pibb 40.0
Sugar-Free Mr. Pibb 40.0
Sunkist Orange 40
Dr. Pepper 39.6
Storm 38
Big Red38
Pepsi-Cola 37.2
Diet Pepsi 36.0
Aspen 36.0
RC Cola 36.0
Diet RC 36.0
Cherry Coke 34.0
Diet Cherry Coke 34.0
Snapple Peach Tea (Reg. or Diet) 31.5
Canada Dry Cola 30.0
A&W Creme Soda 29.0
Nestea Sweet Iced Tea26.5
Nestea Unsweetened Iced Tea26.0
Barq's Root Beer 23.0
A&W Diet Creme Soda22.0
Lipton Brisk, All Varieties9
Canada Dry Diet Cola 1.2
Diet Rite Cola 0
Sprite 0
7-Up 0
Mug Root Beer 0
Diet Barq's Root Beer0
Sundrop Orange 0
Minute Maid Orange0
A&W Root Beer0
Sierra Mist0


Other Beverages

8-ounce Beveragemilligrams
Coffee, Drip 115-175
Coffee, Brewed 80-135
Coffee, Espresso (2 ounces) 100
Coffee, Instant 65-100
Tea, iced 47
Tea, brewed, imported brands (avg.) 60
Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.) 40
Tea, instant 30
Tea, green 15
Hot cocoa 14
Coffee, Decaf, brewed 3-4
Coffee, Decaf, instant 2-3

SOURCES: National Soft Drink Association, US Food and Drug Administration, Bunker and McWilliams, Pepsi.