How Much Caffeine is in Your Favorite Beverages?
If you're like most folks, caffeine is a part of your daily routine. But it can quickly add up.
Do you know the caffeine content of your favorite beverages? And do you know that some sweets and even over-the-counter medications have caffeine?
You'll want to take a closer look at just how much caffeine you get in a typical day, especially if you're bothered by headaches, restlessness or anxiety.
If your caffeine habit totals more than 500 to 600 milligrams a day, you’ll want to seriously consider cutting back.
Below are the caffeine content in popular drinks, sweets and medications. One note about the numbers: Use them as a guide. The actual caffeine content of the same coffee drink can vary from day to day — even at the same coffee shop — because of factors such as roasting and grinding, as well as brewing time. The caffeine content of tea also is affected by how long it's brewed.
Coffee
|
Type of coffee |
Caffeine |
|
Dunkin' Donuts, brewed, 16 oz (480 mL) |
143-206 |
|
Generic brewed, 8 oz (240 mL) |
95-200 |
|
Generic brewed, decaffeinated, 8 oz (240 mL) |
2-12 |
|
Generic instant, 8 oz (240 mL) |
27-173 |
|
Generic instant, decaffeinated, 8 oz (240 mL) |
2-12 |
|
Starbucks Espresso, 1 oz (30 mL) |
58-75 |
|
Starbucks Vanilla Latte, 16 oz (480 mL) |
150 |
Tea
|
Type of tea |
Caffeine |
|
Brewed tea |
|
|
Black tea, 8 oz (240 mL) |
40-120 |
|
Black tea, decaffeinated, 8 oz (240 mL) |
2-10 |
|
Starbucks Tazo Chai Tea Latte, 16 oz (480 mL) |
100 |
|
Stash Premium Green, 6 oz (180 mL) |
26 |
|
Iced Tea |
|
|
AriZona Green Tea, 16 oz (480 mL) |
15 |
|
Generic instant mix, unsweetened, 1 tsp (5 mL) |
27 |
|
Generic instant mix, decaffeinated, unsweetened, 1 tsp (5 mL) |
1 |
|
Lipton Brisk Lemon Iced Tea, 12 oz (355 mL) |
7 |
|
Nestea Iced Tea, 12 oz (355 mL) |
26 |
|
Snapple Plain Unsweetened, 16 oz (480 mL) |
18 |
Soft drinks
|
Soft drink, 12 ounces (355 milliliters) |
Caffeine (milligrams) |
|
7Up, regular or diet |
0 |
|
Barq's Root Beer, regular or diet |
23 |
|
Coca-Cola Cherry, regular or diet |
35 |
|
Coca-Cola Classic |
35 |
|
Coca-Cola Zero |
35 |
|
Diet Coke and Diet Coke With Lime |
47 |
|
Dr Pepper, regular or diet |
42-44 |
|
Fanta, all flavors |
0 |
|
Mello Yello |
53 |
|
Mountain Dew, regular or diet |
54 |
|
Mountain Dew Code Red, regular or diet |
54 |
|
Mug Root Beer, regular or diet |
0 |
|
Pepsi, regular or diet |
36-38 |
|
Sprite, regular or diet |
0 |
|
TaB |
47 |
|
Vault |
71 |
|
Wild Cherry Pepsi, regular or diet |
38 |
Sports and energy drinks
|
Sports or energy drink |
Caffeine |
|
AMP, 8.4 oz (250 mL) |
74 |
|
Enviga, 12 oz (355 mL) |
100 |
|
Full Throttle, 16 oz (480 mL) |
144 |
|
Monster Energy, 16 oz (480 mL) |
160 |
|
No Fear, 8 oz (240 mL) |
83 |
|
No Name (formerly known as Cocaine), 8.4 oz (250 mL) |
280 |
|
Red Bull, 8.3 oz (250 mL) |
76 |
|
Rockstar, 8 oz (240 mL) |
80 |
Other products
|
Type of product |
Caffeine |
|
Candy and gum |
|
|
Foosh Energy Mints, 1 mint |
100 |
|
Hershey's Milk Chocolate bar, 1.55 oz (43 g) |
9 |
|
Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate bar, 1.45 oz (41 g) |
31 |
|
Jolt Caffeine-Energy Gum, 1 stick |
33 |
|
Ice cream |
|
|
Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch, 8 oz (208 g) |
84 |
|
Haagen-Dazs Coffee ice cream, 8 oz (212 g) |
58 |
|
Starbucks Coffee ice cream, 8 oz (200 g) |
50-60 |
|
Medication |
|
|
Anacin, Maximum Strength, 2 tablets |
64 |
|
Excedrin, Extra Strength, 2 tablets |
130 |
|
NoDoz, Maximum Strength, 1 tablet |
200 |
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