Caffeine - Australia vs USA

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Caffeine - Australia vs USA
Topic Started: Feb 16 2008, 12:45:36 PM (2,747 Views)
uat6	Aug 2 2009, 06:01:05 PM Post #21
Piker Posts: 5 Group: New Members Member #3,221 Joined: Aug 2, 2009	TerritorianTori Feb 16 2008, 12:45:36 PM I found this little blurb in one of Kirk's magazines. Very interesting info re: caffeine content in Australia vs. the US. Does anyone remember Jolt Cola? From Atomic magazine, Issue 86, pg. 21: Quote: In Australia we have quite stringent limits on caffeine content of food. For soft drinks, this is 54mg per 375ml can - and why Jolt in Australia is about half the strength of Jolt in the US. By comparison, the limit for soft drinks in the states is four times as high - 200mg. They also contain more sugar, to offset the bitter taste of the increased caffeine. It's not surprising that the average American consumes, from all food sources, roughly 50 per cent more caffeine than the average Australian. Yeah that's funny because coffee here in Aus is Soooo much stronger than in the U.S. In fact, I just returned yesterday from the states, and realized that even the apparently supercharged "starbucks double shot" drink (which I was drinking to get the edge off from the caffeine tolerance I gained from being in Australia) is no where NEAR the caffeine content level!



JasonP27	Aug 2 2009, 06:59:46 PM Post #22
Yacker Posts: 38 Group: Members* Member #3,183 Joined: Jul 1, 2009 I come from... Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA I now live in... Booval, QLD Australia	yet another on topic/off topic post coming... I surprised at the difference in taste between "Coca-Cola" in Australia, and "Coca-Cola Classic" in the USA. Coke in USA is SO much better (same goes for Mountain Dew). I actually prefer the taste of PEPSI MAX over regular Coke in Australia. MY fiancee Karen said once it was because there is probably more sugar in soda in America. I looked at the can of Coke and was surprised indeed. It contained 40g of sugar. I laughed out loud because Coca-Cola Classic in America contains 39g of sugar. Pepsi in America contains 41g of sugar (not sure of sugar content of regular Pepsi in Australia). These numbers are out of my head but I am sure of them, cause I am always right... once I thought I was wrong but I was mistaken. BTW, coffee tastes terrible without sugar and milk, and then after that it tastes nothing like coffee so why do people like it?



TerritorianTori	Aug 3 2009, 02:01:21 AM Post #23
It couldn't happen here Posts: 4,856 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: Feb 14, 2007 I come from... Rio Grande Valley, Texas I now live in... Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia	JasonP27 Aug 2 2009, 06:59:46 PM BTW, coffee tastes terrible without sugar and milk, and then after that it tastes nothing like coffee so why do people like it? Read the first word in the title of the thread, mate.
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meg1388	Aug 4 2009, 05:22:40 AM Post #24
True Blue Mate Posts: 320 Group: Members** Member #2,513 Joined: Apr 21, 2008 I come from... Wisconsin I now live in... Perth, WA I'm planning to move to... nowhere!	JasonP27 I surprised at the difference in taste between "Coca-Cola" in Australia, and "Coca-Cola Classic" in the USA. I am a HUGE soda and coffee drinker--i'm surprised I still have teeth. Anyways, when I'm in Australia, I can kick the habit fairly quickly b/c the soda tastes too sugary, in my opinion. I was always told that America's Coke had more sugar in it, but Coke tastes a lot sweeter in Australia. I find that most of the sodas in Australia taste a lot sweeter than their American versions. A little off topic but is it true that Mt Dew in Australia does NOT have caffeine in it? What's the point of drinking that stuff then?!!



SanDiablo	Aug 4 2009, 07:47:44 AM Post #25
True Blue Mate Posts: 1,002 Group: Members** Member #280 Joined: May 1, 2007	I disagree about the taste of Coke, and Iam NOT a soda drinker. I think it tastes much better here, because it is made with real sugar and not high fructose corn syrup. (Same for Mexico and Africa where real sugar is still used - which is better for you.) In fact, I am convinced that high frucotse corn syrup is the leading cause of obesity, diabetes, and most of America's metabolic disorders, including psychiatric manifestations of improper carbohydrate balance! I have scientific articles to back that up, but do not have time to reference that right now.
	"I'll try anything twice."


canaussie	Aug 4 2009, 12:00:07 PM Post #26
True Blue Mate Posts: 1,052 Group: Members** Member #249 Joined: Mar 22, 2007 I come from... Toronto, Canada....hubby from Queensland I now live in... Townsville QLD I'm planning to move to... one day - into a home we own - in Townsville	I'm not keen on the Coke in Australia either....not sure what it is, but definetely tastes different to the Coke in Canada. When I'm in OZ....I drink Solo or AC lemon....those I really like....and would drink them before drinking a Coke.
	Paula (dual Canadian/Australian) married to an Aussie since 1999 and mummy to an Aussie since 2000


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