Monday, July 09, 2007

What about Buzz Cola?

Caffeine levels revealed

"The Institute of Food Technologists summarizes some recent research on food. All things considering, it should settle some arguments among geeks about the caffination of beverages. 'Caffeine is a well-known stimulant added as an ingredient to various carbonated soft drinks, but which drink contains the most, and how can consumers know? A study in the Journal of Food Science used high-performance liquid chromatography to analyze the caffeine contents of 56 national-brand and 75 private-label store brand carbonated beverages. Caffeine contents ranged from 4.9 mg/12 oz (IGA Cola) to 74 mg/12 oz (Vault Zero). Some of the more common national-brand carbonated beverages analyzed in this study were Coca-Cola (33.9 mg/12 oz), Diet Coke (46.3 mg/12 oz), Pepsi (38.9 mg/12 oz), Diet Pepsi (36.7 mg/12 oz), Dr Pepper (42.6 mg/12 oz), Diet Dr Pepper (44.1 mg/12 oz), Mountain Dew (54.8 mg/12 oz), and Diet Mountain Dew (55.2 mg/12 oz). The authors found that store-brand beverages generally contained less caffeine, and they also suggest that consumers would benefit from having the actual caffeine content labeled on the beverage.'"
No wonder it seemed like Diet Coke was more addictive.

Oh, and about Buzz Cola - the 7-11 version does not contain "twice the caffeine, twice the sugar,” as they say in Springfield.

2 comments:

Evan said...

Any word on Coke Zero? I am now addicted to it.

Ahhh...this very subject reminds me of the night before I left for New Zealand. I was bored out of my mind, with nothing to do, waiting for the time to pass so I could get on that plane out of Boston. I spent that night drinking and reading about caffeine levels in soft drinks...I ended up calling my mom TWICE to discuss this issue...drunk.

I was hungover AND sitting on planes for 20 hours the next day.

Phlip said...

I didn't pull the paper, but this online caffeine database [their numbers are similar to the Food Technologists' study] has Coke Zero listed as identical to regular Coke at 34.5mg. The CocaCola Blak (disgusting-sounding coffee Coke I have yet to try) has a whoppin' 46mg/8oz bottle.