How Much Caffeine In A Cup Of Coffee, Tea, Cola or Chocolate Bar?
On humans, caffeine acts particularly on the brain and skeletal muscles while theophylline targets heart, bronchia, and kidneys.
How much Caffeine is in your Energy drink?
According to USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
Popular Energy Drinks and Caffeine Content in Milligrams
AMP, 8.4 oz (250 mL) 74 mg AMP, sugar free 8 oz 75 mg Red Bull 8.3 oz 77 mg RED BULL sugar free 8.3 74 mg Rockstar 8 oz 80 mg Monster Energy 16 oz 160 mg Full Throttle 16 oz 144 mg Enviga 12 oz (355 ml) 100 mg VAULT Zero sugar free 8 oz 47 mg VAULT citrus flavor 8 oz 19 mg No Fear 8 oz 87 mg No Fear Sugar Free 8 oz 77 mg
Starbucks Ready-To-Drink Coffee Products
Starbucks DoubleShot (8 oz)
Energy + Coffee - Vanilla Light 78 Coffee Drink 160 Light Coffee Drink 160 Energy + Coffee - Coffee 78 Energy + Coffee - Mocha 78 Energy + Coffee - Vanilla 78
How much caffeine is in a bottle or can of Soda?
Caffeine In Soda Caffeine in Milligrams
Coca-Cola 12 oz 34 Coca-Cola Zero 12 oz 36 Diet Coke 12 oz 47 Pepsi MAX 12 oz 69 Pepsi 12 oz 38 Diet Pepsi 12 oz 35 Pepsi Wild Cherry 12 oz 38 Diet Pepsi Vanilla 12 oz 38 Dr Pepper 12 oz 49 Pepsi One 12 oz 54 Diet Dr Pepper 12 oz 52 Mountain Dew 12 oz 54 Diet Mountain Dew 12 oz 54 Mountain Dew Code Red 12 oz 54 TaB 12 oz 47 A&W Cream Soda 8 oz 20 A&W Diet Cream Soda 8 oz 15 Ale 8 1 12 oz 37 BAWLS Guarani Soda 10 oz 65 BAWLS Cherry 10 oz 65 BAWLS EXXtra Sugar Free 10 oz 95 Cheerwine 12 oz 48 SoBe Energize Citrus Energy 8 oz 32 SoBe Energize Power Fruit Punch 8 oz 31 AMP Energy Juice - Orange 12 oz 121
Starbucks Frappuccino (8 oz)
Caramel 80 Coffee 76 Dark Chocolate Mocha 67 Mocha 67 Mocha Light 67 Vanilla 81 Vanilla Light 81
Amount of caffeine in tea Caffeine in Milligrams
Brewed Tea
Black tea, 8 oz (240 ml) 48 mg Oolong Tea 8 oz 30 mg White Tea 8 oz 15 mg Starbucks Tazo Chai Tea 16 oz (480 ml) 100 mg Stash Premium Green, 6 oz (180 mL) 26 mg Green Tea 8 oz 20 mg
Iced Tea
AriZona Green Tea, 8 oz (480 mL) 12 mg Lipton Brisk Lemon Iced Tea, 12 oz (355 mL) 7 mg Nestea Iced Tea, 12 oz (355 mL) 12 mg WENDY'S 8 oz 19mg Snapple Plain Unsweetened, 16 oz (480 mL) 18mg
Other data on caffeine:
Cup of coffee 90-150 mg Instant coffee 60-80 mg Tea 30-70 mg Mate 25-150 mg Cola 30-45 mg Chocolate bar 30 mg Stay-awake pill 100 mg Vivarin 200 mg Cold relief tablet 30 mg
How Much caffeine in Starbucks VIA?
Starbucks VIA 8 oz 180 mg
Chocolate mg caffeine
Baking choc, unsweetened, Bakers-- 1 oz(28 g) 25 German sweet, Bakers -- 1 oz (28 g) 8 Semi-sweet, Bakers -- 1 oz (28 g) 13
Choc chips
Bakers -- 1/4 cup (43 g) 13 german sweet, Bakers -- 1/4 cup (43 g) 15 Chocolate bar, Cadbury -- 1 oz (28 g) 15 1.4 oz bar of milk choc. 3-10 1.4 oz bar of white choc 2-4 1.4 oz. bar of dark choc 28 Chocolate milk 8oz 8 Chocolate milk 8 oz. glass 2-7
Desserts:
Jello Pudding Pops, Choc (47 g) 2 Choc mousse from Jell-O mix (95 g) 6 Jello choc fudge mousse (86 g) 12 Chocolate covered espresso bean 3-5
Beverages
3 heaping teaspoons of choc powder mix 8 2 tablespoons choc syrup 5 1 envelope hot cocoa mix 5
Dietary formulas
Ensure, Plus, Choc, Ross Labs -- 8 oz (259 g) 10
COFFEE VARIETALS/STRAIGHTS
Brazil Bourbons 1.20 % Celebes Kalossi 1.22 Colombia Excelso 1.37 Colombia Supremo 1.37 Ethiopian Harrar-Moka 1.13 Guatemala Antigua 1.32 Indian Mysore 1.37 Jamaican Blue Mtn/Wallensford Estate 1.24 Java Estate Kuyumas 1.20 Kenya AA 1.36 Kona Extra Prime 1.32 Mexico Pluma Altura 1.17 Mocha Mattari (Yemen) 1.01 New Guinea 1.30 Panama Organic 1.34 Sumatra Mandheling-Lintong 1.30 Tanzania Peaberry 1.42 Zimbabwe 1.10
BLENDS & DARK ROASTS
Colombia Supremo Dark 1.37 % Espresso Roast 1.32 French Roast 1.22 Vienna Roast 1.27 Mocha-Java 1.17
DECAFS–all @ .02% with Swiss Water Process
Often, people who rapidly reduce their caffeine intake have reported being irritable, finding it tough to concentrate at work, being extra nervous, restless, and feeling sleepy at odd times of the day. Headaches are common, and in extreme cases, nausea and vomiting can occur. At the same time, a major study has found fewer suicides among coffee drinkers than those who abstained from caffeine altogether. So best not to quit your caffeine fix completely, but perhaps you should wean yourself down to a healthy level- slowly.
Most people slowing their caffeine intake say that reducing their daily fix by a rate of 1/2 cup of coffee a day makes the change relatively pain-free. Others count their weekly intake and aim for three to five cups less per week.
Keep a tally of how much coffee you consume it might surprise you and it will definitely come in handy when you decide how to bring your coffee intake back to a healthy level.
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January 11th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
you must try coffe from a little town called Caripe, is located in Venezuela. Regards,
January 27th, 2009 at 3:09 am
My neurologist prescribed me coffee along with my medication. A strange case where a stimulant (caffeine) helps me calm down…. Don’t know much about that but it works. It is true, italian coffee(espresso) is wonderful as well as their american coffee(what we call coffee)
p.s. anyone figure out the joke behind watered down espresso being called the americano? : D
April 5th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
There’s a major error here. The stimulant effect in chocolate is not caused by caffeine. The responsible chemical is theobromine, which is related to caffeine chemically but is not as powerful or long-lasting in its effects. I’m surprised a site that touts itself as a source of information would make this blunder.
June 14th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
I tried three times to quit caffeine, but everything has caffeine in it. I was a caffeine addict for over 30 years. The last time was the charm because coffee finally had ill effects. I miss coffee terribly. I’m trying to find out how much caffeine, in mg, is in a 12 oz. can of Guarana Antartica.
June 18th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Why try and quit caffeine? Just keep taking it…
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Rich,
Then you have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Riatlin and a number of other ADD medications are stimulants. They help calm us down because they stimulate the area of the brain that filters and helps us focus and stay on task. Lots of ADD folks self-medicate with caffeine. Just drink so much for so long that you wear out your adrenal glands!
July 2nd, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Rich,
Then you have Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). Riatlin and a number of other ADD medications are stimulants. They help calm us down because they stimulate the area of the brain that filters and helps us focus and stay on task. Lots of ADD folks self-medicate with caffeine. Just don’t drink so much for so long that you wear out your adrenal glands!
July 5th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
For Betsy, that’s good advice, thank you. I recently just stopped drinking coffee/any such drinks and I am saving about 20$ per week. No reason for stopping just stopped. Saves me the time in the morning. However I still appreciate an excellent cup every once in a while.
July 14th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
I need a good substitute for my daily caffine fix. I am a dt pepsi drinker but due to new medication carbonation tastes like metal! I do not like coffee. I was drinking some grapefruit drink called morning spark made by sturm foods, but they have stopped making it and I pay more in shipping for it than it actually cost in the store. Any help? I love the grapfruit flavor!
July 20th, 2009 at 12:20 am
Hey Blondy, They now have those drink mixes for your water bottle and some of them have caffeine. They have flavors like Strawberry etc. Maybe you’d like those. They are very inexpensive, esp on sale.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
The main stimulant effect in chocolate does come from theobromine, but this is a tabulated list of the caffeine content of these substances. A site that deals primarily with coffee will be more interested in caffeine, not in theobromine. That bit of information is completely useless.
July 30th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
I wonder why it should be that I really like coffee-flavoured things, eg. ice-cream, cake, sweets etc, but do not like it as a beverage….
September 3rd, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Those are some excellent charts you’ve posted. Its usually pretty difficult to explain to people the amount of caffeine in various consumables, but that information makes it pretty easy to outline what amounts are in what products.
Very useful….thanks for posting!
September 20th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
vblather – you need to check your facts. Chocolate contains both theobromine and caffeine.
The two only make up about 3% of a cocoa bean, with theobromine outweighing caffeine by about two to one.
Also, theobromine outlasts the caffeine but it is much milder in its effects causing one to “feel good” rather than hyped up or “energized”
This site is helpful in demonstating the differences of caffeine amounts in various products. Very helpful indeed!!
November 20th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
Actually, the nice pleasant high from chocolate is caused by the neurotransmitter anandamide in the brain! same neurotransmitter involved with marijuana use!
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Correct. The theobromine interacts with those neurotransmitters in the brain.
December 17th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
If you need a coffee alternative to get your caffein, get some Guarana powder. make sure it is powder from the fermeded seeds and not the dried fruit. The seed powder I buy here in the brazilian supermarkets packs 270mg caffein per 8g serving. Originally used by the indians in amazonia as stimulant. I take this in the morning as a smoothie and include dried chillies, ginger powder, cacao powder, cinamon powder, linseeds, bran, wheat germ, brewer’s yeast and a banana. Beats a cup of coffee any day
December 31st, 2009 at 6:36 am
I have an inherited disorder, ADD. I would drink a cup of strong coffee to focus on getting to sleep at night! I was prescibed the largest amount of Methiphenidate (Speed) they were alowed. When I took my first dose in the morning I could roll over and go back to sleep. They checked my blood pressure every time I went in to get re-evaluated, rarely so it to high. So all people are not the same! If anyone without ADD took half of one dose the would be up all night! I was aware coffee was a dehydrant so acted accordingly. Now they switched me to something different, and I don’t drink as much coffee, but still enjoy a nice strong cup every morning!
April 19th, 2010 at 3:56 pm
what type of coffee or which perticular coffee i should use in coffee plunger
April 26th, 2010 at 10:27 am
The tables above say Baker’s unsweetened chocolate has 25 mg caffeine per ounce. What is the source of this information? Thank you.
June 28th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
People on medication need to be careful of their caffeine intake. I was taking awake pill in the morning and relized just yesterday that they were not mixing well with meds and I was getting very dizzy and having nausea and will cause bloodpressure to rise.
August 28th, 2010 at 4:51 am
@hemant If you mean a French Press that is purely a taste decision. The only thing you should do is grind your own beans and for use in the press they should be very coarse. I have my grinder set on the coarsest setting. I like my coffee very dark so I leave it soak for 3 minutes then press and pour.
February 28th, 2011 at 8:41 pm
pnomgre: What are the quantities of each in yourblend ? It sounds very good, I would like to make it.
May 11th, 2011 at 8:28 am
The reason they call, “watered down espresso:, Americano; is from WWII. The soldiers all wanted coffee in italy, however, the cofee was espresso. The Americans wanted it watered down so the taste wasnt so strong. That is why they call it americano.
May 17th, 2011 at 4:38 pm
And how many blasted grams of actual coffee powder are used to make a “cup” of coffee? It is not self-evident.
August 20th, 2011 at 5:07 am
An “American” cup of coffee is 6 oz. And would be between 1-2 tablespoons of ground coffee depending on brand/blend/grind. However a “French” cup of coffee is 4 oz and requires a bit less. Unfortunately the term cup is not one specific measurement when used with coffee and none of the terms are equal to an actual 8 oz. Liquid measuring cup.
August 30th, 2011 at 10:20 am
On average, how much caffeine intake will cause insomnia?
September 12th, 2011 at 10:15 am
@Will it all depends. My husband for example only drinks instant coffee and he has hard time sleeping if he takes starbucks via two or sometime 3 hours before bed.
September 26th, 2011 at 1:42 pm
I tried cutting down alot of caffine last week and I felt terrible, so I have gone back to normal and will reduce intake gradually over months to come
Also I had trouble sleeping after I had no caffine which I thought odd so now I have a little and im sleeping well again
November 9th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
an american cup of coffee as late as the 70,s was always a 5 oz. cup. When the Mr. Coffee machines hit the market is when all knowledge had gotten buried. Some of the early models still kept the 5 oz measurement as tradition would dictate Also Nate is correct most certainly correct about the WWII G.I.s