Some Information about Caffeine Content

Caffeine is contained in a lot of products but few people are aware of this. This article explains caffeine content and how it affects different products and human consumption of these products.

It is common knowledge to most people that coffee contains caffeine and so do soft drinks and chocolate as well. However most people do not know that headache medicine contains caffeine and fewer people realize that ice cream does as well. You probably take more caffeine in a day than you know. Simply because you stick to two cups of coffee and one soda on a daily basis doesn’t mean that you have stopped your caffeine consumption for the day. The hidden caffeine that is consumed on a daily basis may not be significant but because people react to caffeine in different ways you may be getting more than necessary and affecting your health.

Determining the caffeine content in a bottle of soda is rather easy. However understanding how much caffeine is in your regular candy bar, will take some doing. Understanding how much caffeine is in the cup of coffee you get from your local Starbucks on the way to work is also subject to a guessing game as well.

We should think of the most obvious thing: coffee. The actual caffeine content present in any cup of coffee can vary based on a number of different things. These variations include the type of bean which is used, the method of roasting, how the bean was prepared and how long it was brewed. Instant coffee tends to have less caffeine than the usual bag of coffee you purchase at your local grocery store and brew. The flavored stuff you usually buy in a tin at your grocers usually has less caffeine than the coffee you purchase in a bag but a bit more than instant coffee. It is rather obvious that the big cups of coffee you take at your local Starbucks are going to have much more caffeine than what you drink in your small mug at home. If you’re thinking of decaffeinated coffee then you should know that the average 8oz serving of decaf should still net you about 5mg of caffeine.

Sodas and sports drinks vary as well, perhaps even more so. Red Bull and Jolt lead the way, offering up a surge of over 70mg of caffeine each. And while Mountain Dew is famous for its hefty caffeine content, did you know that Pepsi One actually contains half a milligram more? The Dew’s fellow yellow/green competitors aren’t far behind and then you get down to the colas. But which do think has higher caffeine content: Coca-Cola Classic or Diet Coke? Would you be surprised to find out its Diet Coke? By as much as an impressive 10mg per serving. If you want to enjoy your soft drink while avoiding caffeine altogether, you can always try the popular brand name lemon-lime, orange or root beer sodas. Most of these are truly caffeine-free.

Most pain relievers contain caffeine. Excedrin tops the list as it contains about 130 mg of caffeine in two tablets. Anacin has 64mg for every two tablets. What is strange here is that the severity of the headache is usually linked to the rate at which people take caffeine.

A large number of people, who suffer from migraines, suffer from them due to caffeine, these people may not drink coffee or sodas, or eat chocolate yet they still suffer unwittingly. How? These people may be eating too much of things that they do not realize contain caffeine. It might be a no-brainer to expect that coffee-flavored ice cream has caffeine, what about coffee-flavored yogurt? Or how about a SlimFast Cappuccino Delight Shake? All of those still no-brainers because of the connection to coffee? Menstrual relief medication and certain cold medications contain caffeine; diet pills and allergy medication do as well.

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