Comment by Retric
8 hours ago
> "Oh no!"
No reason to flip out just because you demonstrated your assumption was incorrect. Don’t worry we won’t test if you actually drink strong coffee.
> this person
You can find random YouTube videos supporting anything. The YouTube algorithm specifically promotes wildly inaccurate results as they are more interesting.
Meanwhile offer sources disagree.
https://baristalife.co/blogs/blog/mcdonalds-caffeine-content > compiled them from McDonald's customer service
They don’t publish numbers for liability reasons as they can’t guarantee consistency across all stores, but finding the average isn’t difficult for them. Similarly people who are willing to sample across large geographic areas can find meaningful averages.
> most popular size
Most popular and representative are very different. You’re skipping a lot of their offerings. People can go from around 40mg of caffeine at Starbucks all well past 300, but 1-3 monster energy drinks per day starts high and skyrockets from there. Some days you want just a little more kick, and more granular options is a significant benefit.
https://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-complete-guide-to-starb...
> Don’t worry
Ok, I won't worry. But only because you said not to.
> compiled them from McDonald's customer service
It sounds like you didn't actually click through and read their source, because that's not where their source says the numbers actually come from. I'll leave finding the answer as a fun exercise. (Hint: the numbers have no relation to any McDonalds products except by USDA category)
> They don’t publish numbers for liability reasons
That's a funny thing you just made up for no reason. It's so strange that other major retailers publish numbers then, but I guess Starbucks is probably too small of a legal target to worry about such things.
Anyway, McDonald's statement on why they don't publish numbers, per my previous comment, is because they aren't required to, which is true.