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Caffeine in chocolate, pills and pre-workout

The sources people forget to count: a bar of dark chocolate, a tablet, a scoop before the gym. Two of these are the largest single doses on the whole site.

Drink	Serving	Caffeine	Time to clear	Latest for an 11 pm bedtime
Pre-workout	one scoop	201 mg	13 and a half hours	9:32 am
Caffeine pill	one 200 mg tablet	200 mg	13 and a half hours	9:34 am
Dark chocolate	1.7 oz bar (50 g)	40 mg	already clear	any time
Milk chocolate	1.7 oz bar (50 g)	10 mg	already clear	any time

Caffeine pills and pre-workout powders are measured, not brewed, so they hit the same 200 mg every time with no variation. That precision cuts both ways: it is easy to dose deliberately, and easy to take one at 5 pm without thinking of it as a drink. Chocolate is minor by comparison, though a 100 g bar of dark chocolate matches an espresso.

one scoop

one 200 mg tablet

1.7 oz bar (50 g)

1.7 oz bar (50 g)