title: The caffeine contents of non-alcoholic beverages.
abstract: The caffeine content of a number of non-alcoholic beverages was determined using HPLC. It was found that Diet Coke had a greater caffeine content than Coke (4.15 compared with 3.13 mg/fl oz), Tab is virtually caffeine free, and Lucozade, sold as a tonic, contains more caffeine than any of the other carbonated beverages tested (5.17 mg/fl oz). The pure instant coffee tested contained much more caffeine than the coffee/chicory mixtures (12.61 compared with 3.18 mg/fl oz). The caffeine content of Ceylon tea blends increases with the time the tea is allowed to draw (from about 8 mg/fl oz after 1 min to about 12 mg/fl oz after 20 min). Tea that has been allowed to draw for 20 min has a caffeine content similar to that of pure coffee.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Galasko
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Furman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alberts
mesh_terms: D001628:Beverages / Q000032:analysis*; D002110:Caffeine / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003069:Coffee / Q000737:chemistry; D013662:Tea / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D003069:Coffee; D013662:Tea; D002110:Caffeine