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Common Sources of Caffeine
Part 2: How much caffeine does coffee, cola drinks, and chocolate have?
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• Cola Drinks and Caffeine
• Common Sources of Caffeine
• Caffeine and Your Health
 

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Learn how much caffeine there is in coffee, cola drinks, chocolate, medications, and diet pills. Source from: Clifford J. Stratton, "Caffeine—The Subtle Addiction," Ensign, June 1988, 60.

Product / Caffeine
(in milligrams)

Coffee (6 oz. cup)
Drip 175
Percolated 132
Instant regular 64
Decaffeinated 3
Cola Drinks (12 oz)
Coca-Cola Classic 46
Coca-Cola, new 46
Coke Free 0
Pepsi 43
Pepsi Free 0-2
Dr. Pepper 38
Mountain Dew 52
Tab 50
Jolt 71
44 oz. cup of Coke/Pepsi 169/158
Tea (5 min. brew, 6 oz) 24-60
Cocoa and chocolate
Cocoa beverage (water mix, 6 oz) 18
Milk chocolate candy bar (8 oz) 48
Baking chocolate (1 oz) 35
White chocolate 0
Carob (chocolate substitute) 0
Nonprescription drugs
Caffedrine capsules (each) 100
NoDoz tablets (each) 100
Weight-control aids
Dexatrim (daily dose) 200
Dietac (daily dose) 200
Prolamine (daily dose) 280

Besides caffeine in cola drinks I personally choose not to drink any carbonated drinks because the carbonation gives me a stomach ache. So I know that for me to be health wise I shouldn't drink carbonated drinks. After seeing how much caffeine there is in a chocolate bar I have made a goal to lower my chocolate intake, to eat healthier, and stick to my exercise program.

For more lists of how much caffeine specific foods contain see:

Hidden Sources of Caffeine from About Pregnancy/Birth

Caffeine Content of Foods and Drugs from Center for Science in the Public Interest

Find out how caffeine can affect your health, sleep, pregnancy & fertility, anxiety, headaches, and much more in Part Three: Caffeine and Your Health

To learn what the Church has published about cola drinks and caffeine see Part One: Cola Drinks and Caffeine

Next page > Caffeine and Your Health > Page 1, 2, 3

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