Caffeine = Delicious!

Caffeine Content Of Popular Soft Drinks:

12-ounce beverage	milligrams
Red Bull (8.2 oz)	80.0
Jolt	71.2
Pepsi One	55.5
Mountain Dew	55.0
Diet Mountain Dew	55.0
Mellow Yellow	52.8
Diet Coke	45.6
RC Cola	43.0
Diet RC	43.0
Dr. Pepper	41.0
Diet Dr. Pepper	41.0
Mr. Pibb	40.0
Sunkist Orange	40.0
Pepsi-Cola	37.5
Diet Pepsi	36.0
Wild Cherry Pepsi	38.0
Coca-Cola Classic	34.0
Cherry Coke	34.0
Vanilla Coke	34.0
Barq's Root Beer	23.0
Sprite	0
7-Up	0
Mug Root Beer	0
A&W Root Beer	0
Slice	0
Sierra Mist	0

Other Beverages

8-ounce Beverage	milligrams
Coffee, Drip	115-175
Coffee, Brewed	80-135
Coffee, Espresso (2 ounces)	100
Coffee, Instant	65-100
Tea, iced	47
Tea, brewed, imported brands (avg.)	60
Tea, brewed, U.S. brands (avg.)	40
Tea, instant	30
Tea, green	15
Hot cocoa	14
Coffee, Decaf, brewed	3-4
Coffee, Decaf, instant	2-3

SOURCES: National Soft Drink Association, US Food and Drug Administration, Bunker and McWilliams, Pepsi, Slim-Fast.

Alright- now let's get to the debate due to this data.  Now, we all know that caffeine is addictive. So, Pepsi One has a shitload of caffeine and is a relatively new DIET drink.  The #3 best selling soda on the market is Diet Coke.  So, did Pepsi do this solely to compete against Coca Cola within the diet market by addicting as many suckers as possible?  Diet Coke is highly addictive, and let's face it, Diet Pepsi ain't cuttin' it.  This info also helped me to better understand the deal with Mountain Dew being Redneck Wine, since it's also so high in caffeine.

What do you guys think?

I got this from Massoni, who directed me to: http://wilstar.com/caffeine.htm and I edited down the vast amount of drinks to mostly the ones we're covering here.  Plus, the list was long enough as it is.  Thanks for all the participation, guys!