According to the National Soft Drink Association, the following drinks contain the following amounts of caffeine in mgs. per 12 ounce can. Here is how Mountain Dew® compared to some of those drinks:
| Drink Name |
Amount of Caffeine in milligrams (mg) |
| Afri-Cola | 100.0 |
| Jolt | 71.2 |
| Mountain Dew | 55.0 |
| Diet Mountain Dew | 55.0 |
| Kick citrus | 54.0 |
| Mello Yellow | 52.8 |
| Surge | 51.0 |
| Tab | 46.8 |
| Coca-Cola | 45.6 |
| Diet Coke | 45.6 |
| Shasta Cola | 44.4 |
| Mr. Pibb | 40.8 |
| Dr. Pepper | 39.6 |
| Pepsi Cola | 37.2 |
| RC Cola | 36.0 |
| Diet RC | 36.0 |
| Diet Pepsi | 35.4 |
| Canada Dry | 30.0 |
| Diet Rite | 6.0 |
| Diet Canada Dry | 1.0 |
Get this! The average amount in caffeine in a No-Doze pill, the leading caffeine pill, is 100 mg per pill. You drink two cans of Dew® and there ya go!!
