Caffeine Amounts in Soda: Every Kind of Cola You Can Think Of
For all caffeine fiends – this is the mother lode. In my hot little hands I have the results of a very large caffeine test conducted by Chou and Bell of Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science, Auburn University.
You can consider this to be the most up-to-date and accurate record of caffeine in carbonated soft drinks. Over the next few weeks we will be updating the caffeine database.
NOTE: Caffeine amounts are in mg per 12oz.
KEY:
n is the number of cans that were tested.
± is the variation between the samples tested
| Beverage | Caffeine mg (Current Study) | Caffeine mg (According to Manufacturer) |
| Pepsi One (n = 2) Diet Cheerwine (n = 2) Tab (n = 2) Cheerwine (n = 2) Diet RC (n = 2) Diet Coke (n = 3) Diet Coke with Lime (n = 2) RC Cola (n = 4) Diet Vanilla Coke (n = 1) Shasta Cola (n = 2) Faygo Cola (n = 2) Diet Cherry Pepsi (n = 2) Cherry Pepsi (n = 2) Pepsi (n = 3) Pepsi with Lime (n = 2) Diet Vanilla Pepsi (n = 1) Vanilla Pepsi (n = 1) Diet Coke Black Cherry Vanilla (n = 2) Diet Pepsi (n = 3) Diet Pepsi with Lime (n = 2) Coke Zero (n = 2) Coca-Cola Black Cherry Vanilla (n = 2) Diet Cherry Coke (n = 2) Cherry Coke (n = 2) Coca-Cola C2 (n = 2) Diet Coke with Splenda (n = 2) Coca-Cola (n = 3) Coke with Lime (n = 2) Vanilla Coke (n = 1) Red Rock Cola (n = 2) Ritz Cola (n = 2) |
57.1 ± 3.3 48.1 ± 1.1 48.1 ± 1.9 47.5 ± 1.4 47.3 ± 1.6 46.3 ± 1.7 46.3 ± 2.7 45.2 ± 4.1 44.5 42.9 ± 2.2 41.7 ± 3.0 40.5 ± 2.7 39.7 ± 3.2 38.9 ± 1.0 38.4 ± 2.0 38.1 37.4 36.8 ± 1.4 36.7 ± 0.6 36.4 ± 0.9 35.8 ± 2.6 35.1 ± 1.1 35.0 ± 2.0 34.4 ± 1.8 34.4 ± 1.5 34.4 ± 1.3 33.9 ± 0.9 33.6 ± 1.1 33.3 26.1 ± 1.0 10.3 ± 0.9 |
54 n/a 46.5 n/a n/a 46.5 46.5 n/a 46.5 n/a n/a 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 34.5 36 37.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 34.5 n/a n/a |
Private-Label , Store-brand Colas
NOTE: Caffeine amounts are in mg per 12oz.
| Beverage | Regular Cola (caffeine mg per can) | Diet Cola (caffeine mg per can) |
| Big Fizz Cola Big K Cherry Cola Walgreens Cola Big K Cola Big Gulp Cola Chek Vanilla Cola Bubba Cola Chek Cola Big K Cola with Lime CloverValley Cola Chek Cherry Cola Food Lion Cola Laura Lynn Cola Superchill Cola Publix Cola Rally Cola Piggly Wiggly Cola Sam’s Cola Publix Cherry Cola Laura Lynn Cherry Cola IGA Cola Chek Mate Cola Chek Diet Cola with Lime |
46.4 ± 15.8 (n = 3) 43.0 ± 2.9 (n = 2) 39.2 ± 8.1(n = 3) 38.8 ± 2.2 (n = 3) 38.6 ± 0.6 (n = 3) 36.3 ± 2.3 (n = 2) 35.4 ± 1.6 (n = 3) 34.7 ± 1.8 (n = 3) 30.3 ± 0.5 (n = 2) 28.8 ± 5.7 (n = 6) 26.3 ± 1.2 (n = 2) 25.3 ± 0.8 (n = 3) 24.4 ± 1.8 (n = 4) 24.2 ± 0.9 (n = 3) 23.1 ± 2.2 (n = 3) 13.3 ± 1.5 (n = 3) 12.7 ± 1.5 (n = 3) 12.7 ± 1.0 (n = 3) 12.4 ± 2.1 (n = 2) 8.4 ± 1.8 (n = 2) 4.9 ± 1.1 (n = 3) n/a n/a |
61.9 ± 2.4 (n = 3) 39.9 ± 1.8 (n = 2) 45.0 ± 6.7 (n = 3) 30.0 ± 1.6 (n = 3) 30.0 ± 1.6 (n = 2) 28.9 ± 2.0 (n = 2) 42.0 ± 2.2 (n = 4) 27.5 ± 1.7 (n = 3) 18.6 ± 0.3 (n = 2) 22.9 ± 6.4 (n = 7) n/a 11.9 ± 0.8 (n = 3) 11.3 ± 0.6 (n = 3) 34.5 ± 0.6 (n = 3) 35.2 ± 2.9 (n = 3) 13.0 ± 2.1 (n = 3) 11.9 ± 2.0 (n = 3) 13.1 ± 1.3 (n = 3) n/a n/a 10.3 ± 1.2 (n = 3) 26.2 ± 1.4 (n = 2) 45.8 ± 4.2 (n = 2) |
NOTE: See the details on all Mountain Dew (citrus-type) and Pepper-type beverages here.
18 Comments
Nice, too bad they didn’t test Diet Pepsi Max though, because that’s supposed to have 69 mg in 12 oz 
. Never knew that Pepsi One had more caffeine than other cokes.
Mountain Dew?
No Diet Coke Plus or Diet Pepsi Max… The tests were obviously done just before these drinks came out.
A shame because I still don’t have a verified caffeine amount for Diet Coke Plus…
Yeah, this isn’t the full results of the study. They tested Mountain Dew in the study.
I can’t understand this chart
I’ve updated the table to be a bit clearer (see the “KEY” and the column headings.
I understand why Dew, Pibb & Pepper are not listed as the list is COLAs, but where is JOLT cola?!
Yeah, see if you can find tested information on Mountain Dew products and Dr. Pepper.
As stated above
Mountain Dew (citrus-type) and Pepper-type beverages here.
Also check the Caffeine Database
Caffeine Fiend, I dont understand Do YOU or Do You not have a caffiene amt for Pepsi Max???
Diet Pepsi Max- is 69mg caffeine & 5.75mg/oz. Pepsi One is second with 55mg caffeine & 4.58mg/oz. Regular Pepsi is 38mg caffeine, 3.7mg/oz. Jolt cola which is suppose to be the highest content at 220mg caffeine & 9.36mg/oz.- For sodas that is. Im glad Barq’s Red Creme is 0mgs caffeine. Im on a medication for high Chloresteral which makes me sleepy I need caffeine to keep me from becoming too drowsy at times. I dont want to overdo caffeine. But I wonder what shoud be my limit.
Kev: Yes Diet Pepsi Max is verified and in the database.
who cares about coke? why not rate mountain dew vs. mellow yellow vs. vault and things ppl actually drink? Pepsi max??? what is that – sounds like bottled puke
Where do you get Diet Coke with Splenda?
where do you get Bubba cola? because my friend had it and i tried it and it was relly good so where do you get it?
I would like to know how much caffeine is in the sodas labeled “caffeine free”. I know when I drink Caffeine Free Coke at night that it still keeps me awake to some extent versus something like Sprite or 7Up.
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Nice, I like these kind of updates. Thank you.