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I'm proposing a simple method for figuring out just how caffeine loaded something is by looking at the bottle. Something added to the FDA Nutrition label would suffice.
I imagine something like:
Mt. Dew 2% caffiene
Sprite 0% caffiene
Dr. Pepper 1.65% caffeine
or perhaps some
sort of ratio of mg caffeine to oz of liquid.
I like Green Tea, but can't find out how much caffeine I'm taking in, and I try to keep it to a minimum. A handy little label detailing the caffeininity would be excellent.
Caffeine Content
http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm
[DrCurry, May 02 2006]
Sen cha
http://www.teanobi....se/looseSencha.html
Apparently, green tea has 'moderate to high' caffeine. [Jinbish, May 02 2006]
Scientists petitioning to label caffeine contents (1997)
http://www.cspinet.org/new/caffeine.htm
[jutta, May 02 2006]
ABA voluntary labelling guidelines
http://www.ameribev...elingGuidelines.asp
The example lists caffeine in mg, but it took me about half a minute to find it - and that's after a nice steaming pot of French Press. [jutta, May 02 2006]
Caffeinated decaff
http://www.wisegeek...feinated-coffee.htm
[Shz, May 02 2006]
Censored brand names
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[normzone, May 04 2006]
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Hm. Evaporating links. Anyway, I likewise have an incentive to track caffeine consumption, so I sympathize. In the meantime, there are a number of tables on the 'net. |
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yes, there are tables on the net, but they aren't on the bottle. I saw 'black tea' today and almost got it. i'd have been super pissed once i realized how much caffiene i had ingested. |
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Welcome to the world: they don't make the rules for our benefit. Caffeine powers the sales industry in this country. You'd better find out pretty darn fast what you need to avoid. |
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I've actually known since childhood that (black) tea can have as much caffeine as coffee. |
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There are proposed food labels (apparently being phased in) that have a simple green/amber/red icon to indicate what fat/salt content there is. Adding caffeine to the list would be a nice touch. |
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{After a bit of searching: turns out this 'traffic light' system is totally voluntary and most big food manufacturers, like PepsiCo, will go with an RDA system instead. %200 of something sounds twice as good - Red label is bad!} |
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I consume no caffeine. Generally it's easy to avoid - no coffee, tea, or soda. I do occasionally encounter something I'd like to try and don't because I don't know if it contains caffeine or not. |
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BTW, decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. |
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I guess it depends on steeping time for teas, complicating labelling somewhat. |
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I am amazed that caffeine milligrams aren't on soft drink (soda) labels though. |
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Sounds like a stock market report - "Next up, the Caffeine Index is up 200 points, but first this" |
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im enjoying reading this only for the simple lack of censorship it shows. [Md - brand uncensored] [sprite - brand uncensored] and [Dr. Pepper] are some feast these days.. |
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[sweet], should I remove them? I didn't realize there were such censorship rules. I've seen other brand names. |
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[RockCrawler], he's referring to the link. A candy manufacturer contacted Jutta and asked to have a particular name edited. |
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