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<strong>Clujul</strong> <strong>Medical</strong> 2006 vol. LXXX - nr. 1<br />

Table I. Caffeine concentration in instant coffee and cappuccino samples<br />

Product name Producer Caffeine g%<br />

Instant coffee<br />

1 Amigo-soluvel Amigo- Brazil 3.376<br />

2 Elita instant coffee red Elite Industries Israel 4.753<br />

3 Elita instant coffee green Elite Industries Israel 4.276<br />

4 Mocca-gold sol.-Alka Alka-Romania 3.731<br />

5 Nescafe Brasero Nestle France 4.620<br />

6 Nescafe Classic Nestle Brazil 3.634<br />

7 Davidoff-instant coffee Tchibo GmbH Germany 3.277<br />

8 Jacobs 3 in 1 Supreme Imex- Bucuresti 0.470<br />

9 La Festa 3 in 1 Maspex Polonia 0.356<br />

10 La Festa 3 in 1 Latte Maspex Polonia 0.078<br />

11 La Festa 3 in 1 Mocca Maspex Polonia 0.372<br />

Cappuccino<br />

1 Jacobs cappuccino classic Supreme Imex- Bucuresti 0.364<br />

2 Elite cappuccino classic Elite Romania-Bucuresti 0.490<br />

3 Elite cappuccino vanilla Elite Romania-Bucuresti 0.605<br />

4 Elite cappuccino peanuts Elite Romania-Bucuresti 0.406<br />

5 La Festa cappuccino.orig.clasic Maspex Polonia 0.016<br />

6 La Festa cappuccino Jamaica rum Maspex Polonia 0.017<br />

7 La Festa cappuccino Royal nutto Maspex Polonia 0.013<br />

Conclusions<br />

A rapid and simple LC/MS method was elaborated, that proved to be suitable<br />

for quantification of caffeine in different brands of instant coffee and cappuccino. The<br />

developed method can be successfully used for fast and accurate determinations of<br />

caffeine in coffee, especially because of the performance of detection technique, which<br />

provides a very short time of analyze.<br />

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Evaluation of Current Caffeine Content of Coffee Beverages: Recommendations<br />

for Clinicians Regarding Caffeine Exposure, Biol. Psychiatry 53, 2003: 570.<br />

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