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[the_rck]

I wish that pop bottles and tins of instant coffee and such listed how much caffeine is in a serving. I would be interested to know how my preferred instant coffee stacks up next to other instant coffees of various sorts, and it would be nice to know, on those days when I'm out of instant coffee or need to stick with clear liquids for whatever reason, whether I'm getting more or less caffeine if I substitute in a Coca Cola. I'd like to keep my caffeine intake level. I don't want to get a withdrawal headache, and I don't want to accidentally set my body to expect more than it's going to get from my morning coffee.

I just had a bowl of Campbell's chunky split pea soup. I didn't enjoy it much. I think I was expecting more salt which is fixable for next time. I was also expecting it to be thicker. I keep remembering the split pea soup of my childhood (which was, as I recall, standard Campbell's) and wanting some of it. I just haven't been able to find what I'm looking for. Trying to make it myself didn't work (probably because I didn't cook with ham or any added fat). My yearning for that split pea soup will probably go unsatisfied because Cordelia won't eat it if I make it.

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[azhure]

This site may help: http://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-caffeine-database

(forgive me if you've seen it before! I just came across it yesterday and it's new to me)

[the_rck]

Thanks!

My instant coffee probably has a lot more caffeine than an twelve ounce bottle of Coca Cola. I'll bear that in mind for the future.

Shamelessly copied from the Mayo Clinic site

[anderyn.livejournal.com]

Coffee

Type of coffee Size* Caffeine**

Espresso, restaurant-style 1 oz. (30 mL) 40-75 mg

Espresso, restaurant-style, decaffeinated 1 oz. (30 mL) 0-15 mg

Generic brewed 8 oz. (240 mL) 95-200 mg

Generic brewed, decaffeinated 8 oz. (240 mL) 2-12 mg

Generic instant 8 oz. (240 mL) 27-173 mg

Generic instant, decaffeinated 8 oz. (240 mL) 2-12 mg

McDonald's brewed 16 oz. (480 mL) 100 mg

McDonald's Mocha Frappe 16 oz. (480 mL) 125 mg

Starbucks Latte 16 oz. (480 mL) 150 mg

Starbucks Pike Place brewed 16 oz. (480 mL) 330 mg

Starbucks Pike Place brewed, decaffeinated 16 oz. (480 mL) 25 mg

Adapted from Journal of Food Science, 2010; Pediatrics, 2011; USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 23, 2010; Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2006; Starbucks, 2011; McDonald's, 2011

*Sizes are listed in fluid ounces (oz.) and milliliters (mL).
**Caffeine is listed in milligrams (mg).




Tea


Type of tea Size* Caffeine**

Brewed tea

Black tea 8 oz. (240 mL) 14-61 mg

Black tea, decaffeinated 8 oz. (240 mL) 0-12 mg

Green tea 8 oz. (240 mL) 24-40 mg

Iced tea

AriZona Iced Tea, lemon-flavored 8 oz. (240 mL) 11 mg

Generic instant, unsweetened 8 oz. (240 mL) 26 mg

Lipton Brisk Lemon Iced Tea 8 oz. (240 mL) 5-7 mg


Adapted from Journal of Food Science, 2010; Pediatrics, 2011; Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2008; USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 23, 2010; Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2006

*Sizes are listed in fluid ounces (oz.) and milliliters (mL).
**Caffeine is listed in milligrams (mg).


Soft drinks

Soft drink Size* Caffeine**

7UP 12 oz. (355 mL) 0 mg

A & W Root Beer 12 oz. (355 mL) 0 mg

Barq's Root Beer 12 oz. (355 mL) 18 mg

Coca-Cola Classic 12 oz. (355 mL) 30-35 mg

Coca-Cola Zero 12 oz. (355 mL) 35 mg

Diet Coke 12 oz. (355 mL) 38-47 mg

Diet Pepsi 12 oz. (355 mL) 27-37 mg

Dr Pepper 12 oz. (355 mL) 36 mg

Mountain Dew 12 oz. (355 mL) 46-55 mg

Pepsi 12 oz. (355 mL) 32-39 mg

Sprite 12 oz. (355 mL) 0 mg

Adapted from Journal of Food Science, 2010; Pediatrics, 2011; Journal of Food Science, 2007; Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2006

*Sizes are listed in fluid ounces (oz.) and milliliters (mL).
**Caffeine is listed in milligrams (mg).

[anderyn.livejournal.com]

It's a bit variable on the coffee front, but I hope it gives you a base to check out at least tea vs coffee vs soft drinks. (Also, I'm sure the company website for your brand may give you the info for the coffee you drink.)

The Center for Science in the Public Interest has a page with some brands of instant coffee and their caffeine content listed --- http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm#table_coffees

So you can check that, too.

[the_rck]

I'll check to see if Kroger's website has that sort of information (I drink the store brand instant coffee). My impression, though, is that it's likely that my coffee has more caffeine than a twelve ounce Coca Cola.

Thanks for the link and all the information. I'll follow it up.

[the_rck]

I can't find anything useful about the particular kind of coffee I buy. I can find information about Kroger's plain instant coffee but not the French vanilla mix (with sugar and dried milk mixed in) I use. The Kroger website is useless. It doesn't give any nutritional information about any of the products it lists. It's just aimed at getting people to order groceries online.