# Canadian Mountain Dew

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mountain-dew/1397>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 21, 1999, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mountain-dew/1397 "1999-12-21T20:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![KeithM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@KeithM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithM)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 1999, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mountain-dew/1397/1 "1999-12-21T20:45:00Z")

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Thank you, oh, thank you, for the little aside comment in the ‘caffiene in soft drinks’ answer that mentioned Mountain Dew has the second-highest caffiene content among readily available soft drinks, but apparently has no caffiene in Canada. This may help clear up a mysterious event in my life as a Mountain Dew addict. While honeymooning in Toronto in 1995, I had a hard time even finding Dew. Nearing panic, I was finally able to obtain some at a few different locations, but it always tasted ‘not right’ - awful, in fact. Perhaps it was the lack of caffiene. I’ve also heard unsubstantiated reports that American and Canadian Mountain Dew are sweetened differently. Anyone know any more?

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mountain-dew/1397/2 "1999-12-22T12:49:00Z")

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The column being referenced is: [Which softdrinks have the most caffeine?](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcaffeine.html)

Please, folks, put the links in the post when you start a new topic… helps others to be on the same page.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mountain-dew/1397/3 "1999-12-22T15:35:00Z")

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See the Dr Pepper link:  
[http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000052.html](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000052.html)

It discusses sugar vs. corn syrup.

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**Author:** ![Treycal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Treycal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treycal)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-mountain-dew/1397/4 "2000-01-07T16:02:00Z")

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Just to follow up on the fact that Canadian Mountain Dew does not contain any caffeine. It does not contain caffeine because I believe that there exist some regulation from Health Canada that prohibit caffeine in any non-dark coloured pop (e.g. 7-UP). So Coke, Pepsi, Barq’s, etc can have but not Sprite, etc.

There was a case recently in Calgary where a store which sold British imports got into trouble because they were selling a British orange pop which contained caffeine. Apparently a no no under the law.

Cheers