Newsgroups: alt.drugs.caffeine,alt.drugs
From: [b--g] at [ellis.uchicago.edu] (matthew john baggott)
Subject: Caffeine Content of Sodas (was Re: Mountain Dew)
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 19:07:31 GMT

According to the National Soft Drink Association, the following is the
caffeine content in mgs per 12 oz can:

Jolt			100.0
Sugar-Free Mr. Pibb	58.8
Mountain Dew		54.0
Mello Yellow 		52.8
Tab			46.8
Coca-Cola		45.6
Diet Cola		45.6
Shasta Cola		44.4
Shasta Cherry Cola	44.4
Shasta Diet Cola	44.4
Mr. Pibb		40.8
Dr. Pepper		39.6
Pepsi Cola		38.4
Aspen			36.0
Diet Pepsi		36.0
RC Cola			36.0
Diet RC			36.0
Diet Rite		36.0
Canada Dry Cola		30.0
Canada Dry Diet Cola	1.2
7 Up			0

By means of comparison, a 7 oz cup of coffee has the following caffine (mg)
amounts, according to Bunker and McWilliams in _J Am Diet_ 74:28-32, 1979:

Drip			115-175  (197 - 300 mg per 12 oz)
Brewed			80-135   (137 - 231 mg per 12 oz)
Instant			65-100   (111 - 171 mg per 12 oz)
Decaf			3-4      (5 - 7 mg per 12 oz)

Tea: (again according to Bunker & Williams)
   a 5 oz cup of tea had 20 mgs after 1 minute
   of brewing and 35 after 3 minutes.
     (or 48 mg/12 oz after 1 minute, 84 mg/12 oz after 3 minutes)

As with coffee, the caffeine varies depending on the variety.  Black tea
has more than oolong and green teas.  In addition to caffeine, tea has
small amounts of other methylxanthines, including theophylline and
theobromine.

Green teas, interestingly enough, contain antioxidants and prevent cancer.  

  --Matt ([b--g] at [midway.uchicago.edu])
  (per 12 oz calculations for Coffee and Tea done by [j--r--y] at [teetot.acusd.edu])
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From: [k--o] at [engin.umich.edu] (Harumi Anne Kuno )
Newsgroups: alt.drugs.caffeine,alt.drugs
Subject: Re: Caffeine Content of Sodas (was Re: Mountain Dew)
Date: 13 Apr 1993 06:35:14 GMT

According to literature from Coca-Cola USA listing stats for their products,
diet Mr. Pibb          40 mgs per 12 oz (same as non-diet).
Mello Yello            52 mgs/12 oz,
diet Mello Yello       12 mgs/12 oz.

	-- Harumi