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Is it really decaf?(decaffeinated coffee)(Brief article)

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| November 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Try not to lose sleep over this, but you're getting some caffeine when you order decaffeinated coffee. For a snapshot of what consumers might expect from the big chains, we had secret shoppers buy a total of 36 cups of decaf from six locations of Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, Seattle's Best Coffee, 7-Eleven, and Starbucks near our headquarters in Yonkers, N.Y. All cups were the chains' small size, holding 10 or 12 ounces. Back in our labs, we analyzed the caffeine content

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There are no laws about caffeine level in brewed decaf. A cup of regular coffee is typically considered to have about 100 milligrams.

More than half of our decafs had less than 5 mg of caffeine, but some had ...

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