How much caffiene is in your soda ?

[mzkhadir]

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Caffeine contents ranged from

4.9 mg/12 oz (IGA Cola) to 74 mg/12 oz (Vault Zero).

Some of the more common national-brand carbonated beverages analyzed in this study with their caffeine contents were

Coca-Cola (33.9 mg/12 oz),
Diet Coke (46.3 mg/12 oz),
Pepsi (38.9 mg/12 oz),
Diet Pepsi (36.7 mg/12 oz),
Dr Pepper (42.6 mg/12 oz),
Diet Dr Pepper (44.1 mg/12 oz),
Mountain Dew (54.8 mg/12 oz), and
Diet Mountain Dew (55.2 mg/12 oz).

The Wal-Mart store-brand beverages with their caffeine contents were
Sam's Cola (12.7 mg/12 oz),
Sam's Diet Cola (13.3 mg/12 oz),
Dr Thunder (30.6 mg/12 oz),
Diet Dr Thunder (29.9 mg/12 oz), and
Mountain Lightning (46.5 mg/12 oz).

Beverages from 14 other stores were also analyzed. Most store-brand carbonated beverages were found to contain less caffeine than their national-brand counterparts. The wide range of caffeine contents in carbonated beverages indicates that consumers would benefit from the placement of caffeine values on food labels.
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[FoBoT]

i drink diet coke and diet dr pepper and diet mt dew

 

[mugs]

I :heart: Vault Zero

 

[darthsidious]

wth does diet coke have so much more caffeine than regular coke?

 

[effowe]

The only 'soda' I drink is Redbull, and it's not on that list. Anyways, OP has caffeine spelled correctly, your topic description does not.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: effowe
The only 'soda' I drink is Redbull, and it's not on that list. Anyways, OP has caffeine spelled correctly, your topic description does not.

Red bull = ~80mg
http://www.energyfiend.com/the-caffeine-database/

 

[mwmorph]

Do you people not have caffeine labeled on the soda can itself? In Illinois, Coke and Peosi both label caffeine per 12 oz on the bottle, the can of coke in front of me says 34mg/12oz and the Mountain Dew says 54mg/12oz.