Caffeine
How much caffeine is in a can?
Guaraná seeds carry more caffeine than coffee beans, yet no US label we could read prints a number. What the can tells you, and what the FDA says.
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Independent guide to the Brazilian soda
Guaraná Antarctica in the US: cans, bottles and Zero
Find the Guaraná Antarctica pack you want, see what its label actually says, and check the price per can before you click. Sugar, sweeteners, caffeine and sizes, read off the cans and bottles themselves.
4 products · 6 packs · 2,457 buyer ratings
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Every pack in the guide
Four Guaraná Antarctica products, six ways to buy them
Each card is one recipe in one container, with the pack sizes inside it. All of them belong to the Guaraná Antarctica selection as it is sold in the US today.
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Original350 ml can · 12-pack
Original, 11.83 fl oz cans
Sweetened with sugar · from $1.25 a can
Regular price$14.97
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Zero Sugar350 ml can · 12 or 24-pack
Zero Sugar, 11.83 fl oz cans
Aspartame and acesulfame K · from $1.19 a can
From Regular price$14.97 -
Original2 L bottle · 1 or 6
Original, 2-liter bottles
Sweetened with sugar · from $7.50 a bottle
From Regular price$19.59 -
Diet12 fl oz can · 12-pack
Diet, 12 fl oz cans
Sweetener not stated · from $1.67 a can
Regular price$19.99
Which pack fits
What a Guaraná Antarctica can costs, pack by pack
The price per can or per bottle of every pack, worked out from our last update. The smallest box is rarely the cheapest way in.
| Product | Pack | Price | Per can or bottle |
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| Zero cans | 24 cans | $28.50 | $1.19 a can |
| Original cans | 12 cans | $14.97 | $1.25 a can |
| Zero cans | 12 cans | $14.97 | $1.25 a can |
| Diet cans | 12 cans | $19.99 | $1.67 a can |
| 2-liter bottles | 6 bottles | $44.99 | $7.50 a bottle |
| 2-liter bottles | 1 bottle | $19.59 | $19.59 a bottle |
Prices from our last catalog update. The checkout price is the one you pay.
Each row is a pack of the Guaraná Antarctica soda line in our last update; the buying guide explains which packs are left out and why.
Original or Zero
Original or Zero: the sugar is the difference
The Original prints 36 grams of sugars and 140 calories on the front of a 350 ml can, about 72 percent of the FDA Daily Value for added sugars. Zero Sugar replaces the sugar with aspartame and acesulfame potassium and, by its product description, has no sugar and no calories.
Both keep the guaraná extract, so both carry some caffeine, and neither label says how much. If you have phenylketonuria, Zero is the one to avoid: aspartame means a phenylalanine statement on the can.
The fruit
What is guaraná, the fruit on every Guaraná Antarctica can?
A climbing plant of the Amazon, Paullinia cupana, with red fruit that split open on a black seed. The seed holds more caffeine than a coffee bean, and a dry bitterness that keeps the soda from tasting only sweet.
The brand's Brazilian page gives the origin of its guaraná as Maués, in the state of Amazonas, and the product description of the 2-liter bottle says the drink was launched in 1921.
At the table
What to eat with it
01
Pão de queijo
Cheese bread, crisp outside and chewy in. Salt and cheese want something cold and sweet.
02
Coxinha
Fried chicken croquettes, a fixture of Brazilian birthday tables. The bubbles cut the fat.
03
Off the grill
Picanha, sausages, chicken hearts: the 2-liter bottle earns its size at a barbecue.
04
Feijoada
Black beans and pork, served with orange slices. Pour over ice with a slice of orange.
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Guaraná Antarctica by the box people look for
If you already know you want no sugar, or twelve cans at a time, start here: Guaraná Antarctica cans and bottles sorted by recipe and by pack.
Zero Sugar and Diet
The no-sugar recipe, sweetened with aspartame and acesulfame potassium, by the 12 or the 24, beside the white Diet can.
12-packs of cans
Original, Zero Sugar and Diet, twelve cans each: the smallest box of cans, with the price per can worked out at every update.
2-liter bottles
The Original recipe in the table bottle, by one or by six, with the Nutrition Facts read off the bottle itself.
Guides
Five Guaraná Antarctica questions, answered from the label
Labels
Original, Zero or Diet: what changes in the can
Sugar against two sweeteners, 36 grams against none, and the one line a Zero can has to carry. The three recipes side by side.
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The fruit
What is guaraná, the fruit in the can?
A climbing plant of the Amazon whose seeds hold more caffeine than coffee. Where it grows, what it looks like and what it does to the taste.
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At the table
What to eat with it: Brazilian pairings
Pão de queijo, coxinha, feijoada and a plate off the grill: the Brazilian food the soda grew up next to, and how to serve it.
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Buying
Where to buy it in the US, and which pack
Cans by twelve or twenty-four, bottles by one or six: what each pack costs per can or bottle, and why some resellers charge half again as much.
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How this guide works
Independent, and read off the can
We are a guide, not the maker. Guaraná Antarctica is made by Ambev, part of AB InBev, and nothing here speaks for them. We read the label and the product data of each pack, print what they say, and say plainly where they say nothing.
Prices and ratings come from our last update, and the buttons send you to our retail partner, who handles payment and delivery.
Every price on these pages belongs to the Guaraná Antarctica range as sold today. About this guide · How we update prices
Questions
What people ask about Guaraná Antarctica
Is this site run by the company behind Guaraná Antarctica?
No. This is an independent guide to Guaraná Antarctica as it is sold in the US. The drink belongs to Ambev, part of AB InBev, and they have no part in this site. We explain the cans and bottles, print what their labels say, and link each pack to our retail partner. About this guide.
Does Guaraná Antarctica have caffeine in it, and how much will you get from a can?
It has some, from the guaraná extract on the ingredient list. No US label we could read states the milligrams, so there is no figure to quote. For scale, the FDA gives 23 to 83 milligrams for a 12-ounce caffeinated soft drink in general. Our caffeine guide explains the rest.
How much sugar is in a can of Guaraná Antarctica you buy in the US?
The front panel of the 350 ml can prints 36 grams of sugars and 140 calories. That is about 72 percent of the FDA Daily Value for added sugars. Zero Sugar has none, according to its product description.
What will Guaraná Antarctica taste like if you have never had it?
Sweet and fruity at first, a little like apple soda or cream soda, then a dry, slightly bitter finish from the guaraná. The bubbles are finer than in a cola. Drink it very cold the first time.
Should you buy Guaraná Antarctica Zero or Diet?
Zero lists its sweeteners (aspartame and acesulfame potassium) and is sold by the 12 or the 24. The white Diet can comes from a reseller whose product description gives no ingredients. If you want to know what you are drinking before it arrives, buy Zero. Original, Zero or Diet.
Where can you buy Guaraná Antarctica in the US?
Brazilian and Latin American groceries are the first place to look in a store. Online, every pack in this guide has a button that opens our retail partner, where payment and delivery happen. Where to buy, and which pack.
How many glasses will you pour from a 2-liter bottle of Guaraná Antarctica?
About eight 8-ounce glasses. The bottle's Nutrition Facts use 8 fl oz (240 ml) as the serving, at 100 calories and 24 grams of sugars each.
Can you drink Guaraná Antarctica Zero if you have PKU?
Zero is sweetened with aspartame, and the FDA requires such products to tell people with phenylketonuria that they contain phenylalanine. If you have PKU, Zero is not for you; ask your doctor about the others and read every label.