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 Tuesday, April 01, 2008

 Caffeine

 

My normal work day breakfast is some type of "granola" bar.  I was talking to my sister the other day, and she suggested a Clif Bar which my brother-in-law likes Cool Mint Chocolate.  The interesting thing about this bar is that it contains Green Tea Extract for caffeine (50mg.)  My first reaction was, wow, I thought Green Tea was caffeine free, so my sister said something along the lines of, well, it should be the same amount of caffeine as a Coke, but not as much as a cup of coffee.  Another revelation, I always thought Coke and coffee had relatively similar levels of caffeine.  Boy was I wrong:

 

Starbucks Grande Caffè Latte

150

Starbucks Triple Grande Caffè Latte

225

Starbucks Grande drip coffee

330

Starbucks Grande decaf drip coffee

25

Coke (12oz)

35

Pepsi (12oz)

38

Black Tea (8oz)

47

Clif Bar Cool Mint Chocolate

50

Sources: Starbucks, Lipton, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Wilstar, Mayo Clinic, Energy Fiend, CSPI, Clif Bar

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