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Mountain Dew has about 54mg of caffeine per 12 oz can. This page lines it up against every drink we have compared it to, sorted strongest first, so you can see exactly where it lands. Every number is the standard published value, sourced on each comparison page.
How Mountain Dew compares
Every Mountain Dew comparison
- Mountain Dew vs Starbucks Pike Place (grande) (310mg per 16 oz grande)
- Mountain Dew vs Bang (300mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Reign Total Body Fuel (300mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Dunkin iced coffee (medium) (297mg per 24 oz medium)
- Mountain Dew vs Celsius Essentials (270mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Baskin Robbins Cappuccino Blast (medium) (234mg per 24 oz medium)
- Mountain Dew vs 5-hour Energy Extra Strength (230mg per 1.93 oz shot)
- Mountain Dew vs Dunkin hot coffee (medium) (210mg per 14 oz medium)
- Mountain Dew vs Starbucks cold brew (grande) (205mg per 16 oz grande)
- Mountain Dew vs Celsius (200mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Prime Energy (200mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Alani Nu (200mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs 5-hour Energy (regular) (200mg per 1.93 oz shot)
- Mountain Dew vs Super Coffee (200mg per 12 oz bottle)
- Mountain Dew vs C4 Performance Energy (200mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Ghost Energy (200mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Reign Storm (200mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Java Monster (200mg per 15 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs RISE Nitro Cold Brew (Original Black) (180mg per 7 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs SToK Extra Bold cold brew (170mg per 12 oz serving)
- Mountain Dew vs Monster (160mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Rockstar Original (160mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs ZOA (160mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs NOS Energy (160mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Full Throttle (160mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Starbucks canned Nitro (Black) (155mg per 9.6 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs La Colombe Draft Latte (155mg per 9 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Dunkin Sparkd Energy (medium) (144mg per 24 oz medium)
- Mountain Dew vs UPTIME Energy (142mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs GURU Original (140mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs High Brew Double Espresso (140mg per 8 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Starbucks Doubleshot Espresso & Cream (120mg per 6.5 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Starbucks bottled Frappuccino (Mocha) (105mg per 13.7 oz bottle)
- Mountain Dew vs Dunkin Refresher (medium) (99mg per 24 oz medium)
- Mountain Dew vs brewed coffee (95mg per 8 oz cup)
- Mountain Dew vs Starbucks Chai Latte (95mg per 16 oz grande)
- Mountain Dew vs Mtn Dew Kickstart (Orange Citrus) (92mg per 16 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs International Delight iced coffee (88mg per 12 oz serving)
- Mountain Dew vs yerba mate (85mg per 8 oz cup)
- Mountain Dew vs Red Bull (80mg per 8.4 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Mountain Dew Zero Sugar (68mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Sun Drop (64mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs espresso (63mg per 1 oz shot)
- Mountain Dew vs matcha (60mg per 8 oz cup (1 tsp, ~2g))
- Mountain Dew vs Mountain Dew Baja Blast (59mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Pure Leaf black iced tea (54mg per 18.5 oz bottle)
- Mountain Dew vs Mello Yello (51mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs OLIPOP Vintage Cola (50mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Gold Peak Sweet Tea (48mg per 18.5 oz bottle)
- Mountain Dew vs brewed black tea (47mg per 8 oz cup)
- Mountain Dew vs English breakfast tea (47mg per 8 oz cup)
- Mountain Dew vs Diet Coke (46mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Dr Pepper (41mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Starbucks London Fog (40mg per 16 oz grande (40mg at every size))
- Mountain Dew vs Poppi Classic Cola (40mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Pepsi (38mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Snapple iced tea (37mg per 16 oz bottle)
- Mountain Dew vs brewed oolong tea (37mg per 8 oz cup)
- Mountain Dew vs Diet Pepsi (35mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Coca-Cola Classic (34mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Big Red (34mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Cherry Coke (34mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Vanilla Coke (34mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Twisted Tea (30mg per 12 oz bottle)
- Mountain Dew vs brewed green tea (28mg per 8 oz cup)
- Mountain Dew vs brewed white tea (28mg per 8 oz cup)
- Mountain Dew vs Peace Tea (23mg per 23 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Barq's root beer (22mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Lipton Iced Tea (Lemon) (21mg per 16.9 oz bottle)
- Mountain Dew vs Sunkist Orange (19mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Sunkist Zero Sugar (19mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Brisk Iced Tea (Lemon) (11mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Arizona Green Tea (7.5mg per 8 oz serving (23 oz can holds ~21.5mg))
- Mountain Dew vs A&W Root Beer (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Fanta Orange (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Squirt (original) (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Sprite (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Mug Root Beer (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Crush Orange (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Diet Barq's root beer (0mg per 12 oz can)
- Mountain Dew vs Culture Pop (0mg per 12 oz can)
For context, the FDA cites 400mg of caffeine a day as an amount generally not associated with negative effects in healthy adults. Tolerance and health vary, so treat these numbers as information, not advice.
Compare it yourself
Want a matchup that is not listed? The caffeine comparison tool puts Mountain Dew against any of 85 drinks, and the full caffeine chart shows everything at once.
FAQ
How much caffeine is in Mountain Dew? About 54mg per 12 oz can, the standard published figure.
What has more caffeine than Mountain Dew? Among the drinks compared here, Starbucks Pike Place (grande) is at the strong end with 310mg per 16 oz grande.
What has less caffeine than Mountain Dew? On the lighter end, A&W Root Beer has 0mg per 12 oz can.
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