akl@wbux5.UUCP (03/29/84)
(munch! munch! ... burp!) The following chart is provided by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Figures supplied by individual companies and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. PRODUCT Caffeine Content (milligrams) Coffee (5 oz.) Regular brewed percolated 110.0 drip 150.0 Regular, instant 66.0 Decaffeinated brewed 4.5 instant 2.0 Soft Drinks (12 oz.) Dr. Pepper 61.0 Mr. Pibb 57.0 Mello Yello 52.0 Mountain Dew 49.0 Tab 45.0 Coke 42.0 RC Cola 36.0 Pepsi 35.0 Diet Pepsi 34.0 Aspen 33.0 Tea (5 oz.) Brewed for 5 min. 45.0 Cocoa (5 oz.) 13.0 Milk Chocolate (1 oz.) 6.0 Drugs (1 tablet) Vivarin 200.0 Nodoz 100.0 Excederin 65.0 Vanquish 33.0 Empirin Compound 32.0 Anacin 32.0 Dristan 16.2* *The Dristan I buy nowadays have a new, caffeine and aspirin free formula. I think it is possible to become *somewhat* addicted to caffeine even though all your caffeine comes from colas. My husband switched from Pepsi to Pepsi Free a while back, and for several days, he had bouts of headaches, cramps, etc. He drank about 3 2-liter bottles per week, so I would call him a heavy drinker of colas. -- * From the musical keyboard of: ** * * Anita K. Laux wbux5!akl * * Bell Communications Research **** West Long Branch, NJ 07764 * * * * ****
alle@ihuxb.UUCP (Allen England) (03/30/84)
+ > The following chart is provided by the Center for Science in > the Public Interest. Figures supplied by individual companies > and the Journal of the American Dietetic Association. The numbers provided by the Food and Drug Administration don't quite match the ADA numbers. I have shown the FDA numbers here. PRODUCT Caffeine Content (milligrams) ADA FDA Coffee (5 oz.) Regular brewed percolated 110.0 40-170 (80 nom.) drip 150.0 60-180 (115 nom.) Regular, instant 66.0 30-120 (65 nom.) Decaffeinated brewed 4.5 1-5 (3 nom.) instant 2.0 1-5 (2 nom.) Soft Drinks (12 oz.) Dr. Pepper 61.0 39.6 Sugar Free Dr. Pepper 39.6 Mr. Pibb 57.0 40.8 Sugar Free Mr. Pibb 58.8 Mello Yello 52.0 52.8 Mountain Dew 49.0 54.0 Tab 45.0 46.8 Coke 42.0 45.6 Diet Coke 45.6 Shasta Cola 44.4 Shasta Cherry Cola 44.4 Shasta Diet Cola 44.4 RC Cola 36.0 36.0 Diet Rite 36.0 Big Red (regular/sugar free) 38.4 Pepsi 35.0 38.4 Diet Pepsi 34.0 36.0 Pepsi Light 36.0 Aspen 33.0 36.0 Kick 31.2 Canada Dry Jamaica Cola 30.0 Canada Dry Diet Cola 1.2 Tea (5 oz.) Brewed for 5 min.(dom.) 45.0 20-90 (40 nom.) Brewed for 5 min.(imp.) 25-110 (60 nom.) Cocoa (5 oz.) 13.0 Milk Chocolate (1 oz.) 6.0 Drugs (1 tablet) Vivarin 200.0 Nodoz 100.0 Excederin 65.0 Vanquish 33.0 Empirin Compound 32.0 Anacin 32.0 Dristan 16.2* *The Dristan I buy nowadays have a new, caffeine and aspirin free formula. --------------------------------------------- The FDA numbers came from an AP news release on 3/15/84. Allen ihnp4!ihuxb!alle