# Caffeine in Various Sodas

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffeine-in-various-sodas/179656>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 4, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffeine-in-various-sodas/179656 "2003-06-04T18:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![gypsymoth3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gypsymoth3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsymoth3)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffeine-in-various-sodas/179656/1 "2003-06-04T18:05:54Z")

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Cecil says that “Dr Pepper contains 39.6 milligrams of caffeine in every 12 oz. can.”, but how much do other sodas (pepsi, coke, cherry coke, cherry pepsi, mt. dew, sunkist, surge, mello yello, etc.) contain (per 12 oz. can)?

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**Author:** ![chukhung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@chukhung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chukhung)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caffeine-in-various-sodas/179656/2 "2003-06-04T18:40:26Z")

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This page, [http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm](http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm),  
has a table of caffeine content of many popular American foods, beverages and OTC medicines.