The average American consumes approximately 200 milligrams of caffeine per day, with the average teenage boy taking in 21 ounces of soda every day. How much caffeine are you getting with your favorite drinks? The following popular cold beverages are listed according to caffeine content, in milligrams per 12 ounces, with the most jitter-inducing at the top.
Red Bull: 80 Jolt: 71.2 Pepsi One: 55.5 Mountain Dew: 55.0 Surge: 51.0 Tab: 46.8 Diet Coke: 45.6 Diet Dr. Pepper: 43 Diet Sunkist Orange: 40 Pepsi: 37.5 Diet Pepsi: 36.0 Coca-Cola: 34.0 Diet Snapple: 31.5 Nestea Iced Tea: 26.5 Barq's Root Beer: 23.0 Lipton Brisk: 9 7-Up: 0 Sprite: 0 Minute Maid Orange: 0 A & W Root Beer: 0
The following hot beverages are rated by caffeine content in milligrams per 8 ounces:
Drip Coffee: 115-175 Brewed Coffee: 80-135 Espresso (2 ounces): 100 Instant Coffee: 65-100 Tea, brewed, imported brands (avg.): 60 Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.): 40 Instant Tea: 30 Green Tea: 15 Hot cocoa: 14 Decaf Coffee: 2-4
SOURCES: National Soft Drink Association, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Bunker and McWilliams, Pepsi, Slim-Fast.
-Compiled by the Scene staff
