# Why no nutrition facts on coffee?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-nutrition-facts-on-coffee/328620>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 30, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-nutrition-facts-on-coffee/328620 "2005-10-30T20:16:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bzwilak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@bzwilak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bzwilak)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-nutrition-facts-on-coffee/328620/41 "2005-11-01T17:37:07Z")

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related topic:

I **wish** that coffee and other beverages were required to list the _caffiene content_ per serving! There are people in this world, like me, who have a low tolerance for caffeine and would like know how much caffiene a product contains. I know one can find that info online, but one does not always have access to do so, e.g. restaurant, on-the-go, etc.

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**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-nutrition-facts-on-coffee/328620/42 "2005-11-01T18:38:50Z")

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Wouldn’t the caffiene content depend on the particulars of how you roast and brew? I know dark roasts have less caffiene and longer brew times extract more caffiene. I imagine it would be too difficult to provide an accurate measure.

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**Author:** ![bzwilak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@bzwilak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bzwilak)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-nutrition-facts-on-coffee/328620/43 "2005-11-02T04:20:34Z")

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> [@Shalmanese](#):
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> Wouldn’t the caffiene content depend on the particulars of how you roast and brew? I know dark roasts have less caffiene and longer brew times extract more caffiene. I imagine it would be too difficult to provide an accurate measure.

You’re probably right. I hadn’t thought of that.

Soft drinks could easily supply this info, on the package, but they usually don’t. (or it’s very rare.) :mad:

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