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Josie Clarke

‘Huge’ differences in high street coffee caffeine amounts, study finds

Buying coffee on the high street could be problematic for consumers who are sensitive to caffeine, or are pregnant

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Coffee drinkers are being left in the dark about how much caffeine they are consuming with a new study finding “huge” differences between high street coffee chains.

A medium cappuccino at Costa contains a “massive” 325mg of caffeine – around the amount contained in four cups of tea – almost five times the strength of a cappuccino from Starbucks, which contains the least at 66mg, Which? found.

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