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Caffeine
Content of Popular Beverages
 You
might be giving these to your child, to a child you baby-sit
for or drinking them yourself. This
information was requested by parents, teachers and teens
who were having trouble sleeping and they thought maybe
caffeine was keeping them awake. Remember, caffeine is like
other drugs, you will build up a tolerance to it AND you
will withdrawal from it if you stop it suddenly. (Ask anyone
who has missed their coffee for a day - better yet, just
avoid the person). 
Yes,
there are new waters that will be on market shelves soon
with caffeine in them, if caffeine is a problem for you
always read the label! If you love your
caffeine, enjoy it, but become informed.
| (As
a general rule, if caffeine is in the soda, it’s
in the diet one also.) In order from most to least... |
| 12-ounce
Beverage
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Milligrams
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Jolt |
71.2 |
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Pepsi One |
55.5 |
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Mountain Dew |
55.0 |
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Mountain Dew Code Red |
55.0 |
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Diet Mountain Dew |
55.0 |
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Kick Citrus |
54.0 |
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Mellow Yellow |
52.8 |
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Surge |
51.0 |
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Tab |
46.8 |
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Diet Coke |
45.6 |
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Shasta Cola (Diet) |
44.4 |
| RC
Cola - (Diet) |
43
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| Dr.
Pepper (Diet) |
43
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| Sunkist
Orange (Diet) |
40
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| Pepsi-Cola
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37.5
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| Pepsi
Twist - (Diet) |
37.5
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| Diet
Pepsi |
36.0 |
| Coca-Cola
Classic |
34.0 |
| Cherry
Coke (Diet) |
34.0
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| Snapple
Flavored Teas (Diet) |
31.5
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| Canada
Dry Cola |
30.0
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| A&W
Creme Soda |
29.0
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| Nestea
Sweet Iced Tea & (unsweetened) |
26.5
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| Barq's
Root Beer |
23.0
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| A&W
Diet Creme Soda |
22.0
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| Lipton
Brisk, All Varieties |
9
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| 7-Up
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0
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| Sprite
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0
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| Minute
Maid Orange |
0
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| A
& W Root Beer |
0
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If you're
ever really bored, check out some of the websites of the
companies that make these 'soft-drinks', those sites cost
a LOT of money to create! What a huge industry. Amazing
what we’ll pay for carbonated water and sugar! Guess
they will never sponsor this site. Oh well.
Coffee, Tea, etc.
| 8-ounce
Beverage |
Milligrams
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Coffee, Drip |
115-175 |
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Coffee, Brewed |
80-135 |
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Coffee, Espresso (2 ounces) |
100 |
| Tea,
iced |
47
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| Tea,
brewed, U.S. brands (avg.) |
40
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| Tea,
instant |
30
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| Tea
- green |
15
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| Hot
chocolate mix |
14
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| Coffee,
decaf, brewed |
3-4 |
| Coffee,
decaf, instant |
2-3
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SOURCES:
National Soft Drink Association, US Food and Drug Administration,
PepsiCo and The Coca-Cola Company
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