Foods high in Caffeine

Every food and ingredient below is ranked by measured Caffeine content per 100 g, drawn live from 150 USDA FoodData Central measurements. Values are laboratory-analysed or survey-derived, not estimated.

Top 25 foods highest in Caffeine

Ranked by Caffeine per 100g, across Foundation Foods and FNDDS ingredients.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (MG)
1	Beverages, tea, instant, unsweetened, powder	FNDDS ingredient	5,714
2	Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder	FNDDS ingredient	3,142
3	Beverages, tea, instant, lemon, unsweetened	FNDDS ingredient	1,794
4	Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, half the caffeine	FNDDS ingredient	1,571
5	Beverages, coffee, instant, mocha, sweetened	FNDDS ingredient	360
6	Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened	FNDDS ingredient	230
7	Beverages, coffee, brewed, espresso, restaurant-prepared	FNDDS ingredient	212
8	Beverages, tea, instant, decaffeinated, unsweetened	FNDDS ingredient	169
9	Beverages, coffee, instant, decaffeinated, powder	FNDDS ingredient	122
10	Baking chocolate, unsweetened, squares	FNDDS ingredient	80
11	Candies, sweet chocolate	FNDDS ingredient	66
12	Candies, semisweet chocolate	FNDDS ingredient	62
13	Beverages, tea, instant, decaffeinated, lemon, diet	FNDDS ingredient	57
14	Beverage, instant breakfast powder, chocolate, sugar-free, not reconstituted	FNDDS ingredient	52
15	Candies, chocolate, dark, NFS (45-59% cacao solids 90%; 60-69% cacao solids 5%; 70-85% cacao solids 5%)	FNDDS ingredient	47
16	Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water	FNDDS ingredient	40
17	Beverages, Energy Drink with carbonated water and high fructose corn syrup	FNDDS ingredient	38
18	Beverages, tea, instant, lemon, sweetened, powder	FNDDS ingredient	35
19	Beverages, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, NOS Zero, energy drink, sugar-free with guarana, fortified with vitamins B6 and B12	FNDDS ingredient	34
20	Beverages, THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, NOS energy drink, Original, grape, loaded cherry, charged citrus, fortified with vitamins B6 and B12	FNDDS ingredient	34
21	Beverages, Energy drink, FULL THROTTLE	FNDDS ingredient	33
22	Beverages, Energy Drink, Monster, fortified with vitamins C, B2, B3, B6, B12	FNDDS ingredient	33
23	Beverages, Energy drink, ROCKSTAR	FNDDS ingredient	33
24	Beverages, Energy drink, ROCKSTAR, sugar free	FNDDS ingredient	33
25	Beverages, Energy Drink, sugar free	FNDDS ingredient	32

Lowest in Caffeine

For contrast — the 10 lowest non-zero values on record, per 100g.

#	Food or ingredient	Source	Per 100g (MG)
141	Beverages, coffee, brewed, espresso, restaurant-prepared, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	1
142	Beverages, coffee, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	1
143	Beverages, tea, black, brewed, prepared with tap water, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	1
144	Light Ice Cream, soft serve, blended with milk chocolate candies	FNDDS ingredient	1
145	Beverages, chocolate powder, no sugar added	FNDDS ingredient	1
146	Beverages, Chocolate-flavored drink, whey and milk based	FNDDS ingredient	1
147	Milk, chocolate, fluid, commercial, whole, with added vitamin A and vitamin D	FNDDS ingredient	1
148	Beverages, tea, black, ready to drink, decaffeinated, diet	FNDDS ingredient	1
149	Light Ice Cream, soft serve, blended with cookie pieces	FNDDS ingredient	1
150	Beverages, tea, black, ready to drink, decaffeinated	FNDDS ingredient	1

More on Caffeine

What Caffeine is, how it is measured, and where these values come from.

Caffeine nutrient reference →

Sourced from USDA FoodData Central — Foundation Foods; not yet through an editorial verification pass.

USDA release 2026-04-30. All values are per 100 g unless stated otherwise.