29Jun
KFC’s Pepsi MegaJug
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Spotted on a train: KFC’s massive Pepsi Mega Jug, a fountain drink consisting of a half-gallon of fountain soda. That’s 64 oz of soda, the equivalent of eight 8 oz vending machine size bottles.
Figure this: If your average 8 oz bottle of soda states that it contains 2.5 servings, then the approximate serving size for soda is 3.2 oz. Which means that a Mega Jug contains 20 servings of soda.
According to the Pepsi FAQ page an 8 oz bottle of Pepsi contains 25 mg of caffeine. This means the Mega Jug has about 200 mg of caffeine.
Unbelievable.
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Exerpt from a paper i found about he effects of caffeine. NO backup on authenticity, but seems well documented.
“J. Murdoch Ritchie, in Goodman and Gilman’s Pharmacology Text (Ritchie, 1975) described the pharmacological effects of caffeine. The largest sources of caffeine are from the plants used to make coffee, tea, cocoa and kola (the basis of cola beverages), although it is also found in Latin America as mate’ and guarana. Caffeine particularly has a profound effect on the central nervous system, but it also affects, to a lesser degree the heart muscle, gastric secretion and diuresis. Interestingly, caffeine is ingested daily by a vast number of people and is unique in that it is a potent drug, considered to be part of our normal diet.
Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system first at the higher levels, the cortex and medulla, and finally the spinal cord at higher doses. Mild cortex stimulation appears to be beneficial resulting in more clear thinking and less fatigue. Caffeine has been shown to improve attention in a study which simulated night driving (Leinart, 1966). The onset of the effect of caffeine occurs within one hour and lasts for three to four hours (Baker, 1972).
The equivalent of one or two cups of coffee (150 to 250 mg of caffeine) is sufficient to induce adverse effects. The occurrence of hyperesthesia, an unpleasant sensory sensation, can be stimulated by large doses of caffeine.
The medullary, respiratory, vasomotor and vagal centers are stimulated by caffeine. This effect is due to an increased sensitization to carbon dioxide but needs large doses to elicit this effect, 150 to 250 mg, parenterally. The spinal cord is stimulated at higher doses and convulsions and death may result. More than 10 g are needed for such toxicity to occur in man (Ritchie, 1975).
Stimulation of the CNS is followed by depression (Klein and Salzman, 1975), although the effect is small at low doses e.g. a single cup of coffee. After two hours, Klein reported that males (but not females) showed a lower CNS stimulation compared to placebo. The post stimulation “let down” with caffeine results in fatigue and lethargy and the constant stimulation caused by chronic caffeine dosing could be disastrous (Abrams, 1977; Dowell, 1965).”
full paper here: http://www.garynull.com/Documents/CaffeineEffects.htm