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Foods high in caffeine

The most caffeine per typical portion among 10,646 USDA reference foods: milk shake, 12 mg in 1 cup.

Updated · By · data: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release · how the figures are checked

Which foods have the most caffeine per portion?

  1. 1
    Milk shake
    Milk shake, bottled, chocolate · 1 cup (248 g)
    12mg5.0 mg per 100 g · 6.7 mg per 200 calories
  2. 2
    7.4mg3.0 mg per 100 g · 8.3 mg per 200 calories
  3. 3
    Wheat cereal
    Wheat cereal, chocolate flavored, cooked · 1 cup, cooked (240 g)
    7.2mg3.0 mg per 100 g · 12 mg per 200 calories
  4. 4
    Waffle
    Waffles, chocolate chip, frozen, ready-to-heat · 2 waffles (70 g)
    7.0mg10 mg per 100 g · 6.7 mg per 200 calories
  5. 5
    Cookie
    Cookie, vanilla with caramel, coconut, and chocolate coating · 2 cookies (29 g)
    5.2mg18 mg per 100 g · 7.4 mg per 200 calories
  6. 6
    Granola bars
    Snacks, granola bar, KASHI GOLEAN, crunchy, mixed flavors · 1 bar (47 g)
    5.2mg11 mg per 100 g · 5.6 mg per 200 calories
  7. 7
    Chocolate chip cookies
    Cookies, chocolate chip, prepared from recipe, made with margarine · 1 bar (2" square) (32 g)
    5.1mg16 mg per 100 g · 6.6 mg per 200 calories
  8. 8
    Ice cream cookie sandwich
    Ice cream cookie sandwich · 1 serving (82 g)
    4.9mg6.0 mg per 100 g · 5.0 mg per 200 calories
  9. 9
    Soy milk
    Soymilk, chocolate and other flavors, light, with added calcium, vitamins A and D · 1 cup (243 g)
    4.9mg2.0 mg per 100 g · 8.5 mg per 200 calories
  10. 10
    Brownies
    Cookies, brownies, commercially prepared, reduced fat, with added fiber · 1 brownie 1 serving (36 g)
    3.6mg10 mg per 100 g · 5.8 mg per 200 calories
  11. 11
    Snack cakes
    Cake, snack cakes, creme-filled, chocolate with frosting · 1 cupcake (50 g)
    3.0mg6.0 mg per 100 g · 3.0 mg per 200 calories
  12. 12
    Chocolate wafers cookies
    Cookies, chocolate wafers · 1 oz (28 g)
    2.8mg10 mg per 100 g · 4.6 mg per 200 calories
  13. 13
    Ice cream sandwich
    Ice cream sandwich · 1 serving (70 g)
    2.8mg4.0 mg per 100 g · 3.4 mg per 200 calories
  14. 14
    Cereal
    Cereal, chocolate crispy · 1 cup (40 g)
    2.8mg7.0 mg per 100 g · 3.7 mg per 200 calories
  15. 15
    Gluten-free cookies
    Cookies, gluten-free, chocolate sandwich, with creme filling · 3 cookies (44 g)
    2.6mg6.0 mg per 100 g · 2.5 mg per 200 calories
  16. 16
    Chocolate milk
    Milk, chocolate, fluid, commercial, whole, with added vitamin A and vitamin D · 1 cup (250 g)
    2.5mg1.0 mg per 100 g · 2.4 mg per 200 calories
  17. 17
    Whole chocolate milk
    Chocolate milk, whole · 1 cup (248 g)
    2.5mg1.0 mg per 100 g · 2.4 mg per 200 calories
  18. 18
    Almond milk
    Almond milk, chocolate · 1 cup (244 g)
    2.4mg1.0 mg per 100 g · 4.7 mg per 200 calories
  19. 19
    Pretzels
    Snacks, pretzels, hard, confectioner's coating, chocolate-flavor · 1 oz (28 g)
    2.3mg8.0 mg per 100 g · 3.5 mg per 200 calories
  20. 20
    2.0mg4.0 mg per 100 g · 1.9 mg per 200 calories
  21. 21
    Ice cream soda
    Ice cream soda, chocolate · 1 cup (192 g)
    1.9mg1.0 mg per 100 g · 2.3 mg per 200 calories
  22. 22
    Chocolate sandwich cookies
    Cookies, chocolate sandwich, with creme filling, regular · 3 cookie (36 g)
    1.8mg5.0 mg per 100 g · 2.2 mg per 200 calories
  23. 23
    Marshmallow cookies
    Cookies, marshmallow, with rice cereal and chocolate chips · 1 bar (22 g)
    1.8mg8.0 mg per 100 g · 3.7 mg per 200 calories
  24. 24
    Soft serve ice cream
    Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate · 0.5 cup (86 g)
    1.7mg2.0 mg per 100 g · 1.8 mg per 200 calories
  25. 25
    Chocolate cake
    Cake, chocolate, commercially prepared with chocolate frosting, in-store bakery · 1 oz (28 g)
    1.7mg6.0 mg per 100 g · 3.1 mg per 200 calories
  26. 26
    Milk dessert bar
    Milk dessert bar, frozen, made from lowfat milk · 1 bar (68 g)
    1.4mg2.0 mg per 100 g · 2.7 mg per 200 calories
  27. 27
    1.3mg8.0 mg per 100 g · 5.2 mg per 200 calories
  28. 28
    Chocolate cookies
    Cookies, chocolate, made with rice cereal · 1 cookie (62 g)
    1.2mg2.0 mg per 100 g · 0.9 mg per 200 calories
  29. 29
    1.2mg4.0 mg per 100 g · 2.0 mg per 200 calories
  30. 30
    Crepe
    Crepe, chocolate filled · 1 crepe with filling, any size (80 g)
    0.8mg1.0 mg per 100 g · 1.2 mg per 200 calories
  31. 31
    Cream substitute
    Cream substitute, flavored, liquid · 1 tbsp (15 g)
    0.5mg3.0 mg per 100 g · 2.4 mg per 200 calories
  32. 32
    0.2mg1.0 mg per 100 g · 0.4 mg per 200 calories
  33. 33
    Pheasant
    Pheasant, cooked, total edible · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  34. 34
    Heart
    Heart · 1 cup (145 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  35. 35
    Rabbit
    Rabbit · 1 cup (135 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  36. 36
    Venison
    Venison, NFS · 1 cup (135 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  37. 37
    Turkey back
    Turkey, all classes, back, meat and skin, cooked, roasted · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  38. 38
    Hog maws
    Hog maws · 1 cup (140 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  39. 39
    Sardine
    Fish, sardine, Atlantic, canned in oil, drained solids with bone · 1 cup, drained (149 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  40. 40
    Meat
    Meat, NFS · 1 cup (135 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  41. 41
    Goat
    Goat · 1 cup (135 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  42. 42
    Goose
    Goose, domesticated, meat and skin, cooked, roasted · 1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  43. 43
    Miso
    Miso · 1 cup (275 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  44. 44
    Smoked
    Fish, smoked · 1 cup (135 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  45. 45
    Natto
    Natto · 1 cup (175 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  46. 46
    Dove, cooked (includes squab)
    1 cup, chopped or diced (140 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  47. 47
    Conch
    Mollusks, conch, baked or broiled · 1 cup, sliced (127 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  48. 48
    Pork tenderloin
    Pork, tenderloin · 1 cup (135 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  49. 49
    Turtle
    Turtle · 1 cup (135 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories
  50. 50
    Shrimp cocktail
    Shrimp cocktail · 1 cup (250 g)
    0mg0 mg per 100 g · 0 mg per 200 calories

Source: USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, Foundation, Survey), April 30, 2026 release; typical portions are USDA's NLEA servings or the household measure nearest FDA's reference amount; Daily Value: 21 CFR 101.9.

Per 100 g, the list starts elsewhere

The portion ranking compares everyday foods at the portion FDA's reference amounts describe (USDA's NLEA serving where it lists one). Seasonings, sauces, powders, dried and concentrated forms, raw meat and fish, uncooked grains and dry beans, restaurant items and foods without a household measure near that portion are ranked per 100 g only: nobody eats a cup of dried thyme. Per 100 g, these lead:

FoodCaffeine per 100 gIn the portion ranking
Beverages, tea, instant, unsweetened, powder5,714 mgnot an everyday portion (rule above)
Beverages, coffee, instant, regular, powder3,142 mgnot an everyday portion (rule above)
Candies, dark chocolate coated coffee beans839 mgnot an everyday portion (rule above)
Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened230 mgnot an everyday portion (rule above)
Cocoa powder, not reconstituted230 mgnot an everyday portion (rule above)
Chocolate, dark, 60-69% cacao solids86 mgnot an everyday portion (rule above)
Baking chocolate, unsweetened, squares80 mgnot an everyday portion (rule above)
Candies, sweet chocolate66 mgnot an everyday portion (rule above)

Source: USDA FoodData Central, April 30, 2026 release.

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Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies
the survey foods and their portions. ars.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101.12, Reference amounts customarily consumed
the serving each kind of food is labeled by. ecfr.gov
FDA, Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
the Daily Values in a table. fda.gov