Table 3. Caffeine Content of Soft Drinks

Drink (12 oz)                              Mg of Caffeine                            
Jolt Cola 70
Mr. Pibb 59
Mountain Dew 54
Diet Mountain Dew 55
Mello Yellow 53
Tab 47
Coca-Cola 46
Diet Coke 46
Shasta Cola 45
Shasta Cherry Cola 45
Shasta Diet Cola 45
Dr Pepper 40
Diet Dr Pepper 40
Pepsi-Cola 38
Diet Pepsi 36
Aspen 36
RC Cola 36
Diet RC 36
Diet Rite 36
Canada Dry Cola 30
Canada Dry Diet Cola 1
7-Up 0

Adapted from FDA statistics, 1984, published in FDA Consumer