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Subject: caffeine content (long)
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Date: Thu, 29-Mar-84 13:23:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 29 13:23:42 1984
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(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.
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