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Caffeine in Celsius Essentials

270mg
per 16 oz
≈ 3 coffees≈ 3 Red Bulls68% of FDA daily max

Is that a lot?

Celsius Essentials is 68% of the FDA’s recommended daily maximum, in a single 16 oz.

Green tea
28 mg
Espresso
63 mg
Red Bull
80 mg
Coffee
95 mg
Celsius Essentials
270 mg
FDA daily max · 400mg
Before bed

When can I drink Celsius Essentials and still sleep?

Your Celsius Essentials cutoff
You drink it at
Bedtime
Celsius Essentials · 270 mg · assuming an average ~5 h half-life
At bedtime
89 mg
may delay sleep
Latest safe Celsius Essentials: 10:50 AM

How much caffeine is in Celsius Essentials?

Celsius Essentials cranks things up to about 270 mg of caffeine in a 16 oz can, the high end of the Celsius range. That's the equivalent of nearly three cups of strong coffee, all sugar-free.

ServingCaffeineSugar
16 oz270 mg0 g

Higher-caffeine Celsius line.

Will Celsius Essentials affect your sleep?

From 270 mg, this can needs around thirteen hours to fall under 50 mg, so even an early-afternoon one can shadow your bedtime. Treat Essentials as a morning-only drink for clean sleep.

Heads up
At 270 mg, a second Celsius Essentials in a day pushes you toward the FDA’s 400 mg ceiling — and that’s before any coffee or tea. Log everything in the calculator to see your real daily total.

Source: Manufacturer label

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Celsius Essentials & sleep — FAQ

Very likely unless it's early, at 270 mg this is one of the stronger cans out there and can sit above the 50 mg threshold long into the night.

Celsius Essentials has 270 mg per 16 oz — about 68% of the FDA’s 400 mg daily maximum for healthy adults. That’s roughly 3 cups of coffee.

It depends on your bedtime and how fast you clear caffeine. Use the calculator above to see when Celsius Essentials drops below the ~50 mg “ok to sleep” threshold for your bedtime.

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