Coffee has a health advantage over Red Bull when other chemicals are considered.
First, black coffee has no sugar. In a single 8.4-ounce can of Red Bull, there is 27 grams of sugar. The negative effects of excessive sugar have been widely documented.
Second, coffee contains many antioxidants that Red Bull doesn’t have. There are over 1,000 compounds in coffee, a number of which are antioxidants. Red Bull also has many chemicals in it, but it lacks many of these antioxidants.