A label can tell you there are 39 grams of sugar in your soda, but what does that much sugar look like?
They’ve used regular sugar cubes (4 grams of sugar each) to show how the sugars in your favorite foods literally stack up, gram for gram.
Compare foods, find out where sugar is hiding, and see how much of the sweet stuff you’re really eating.

Beverages

  Coca Cola 

12 oz (355 ml) Can
Sugars, total: 39g
Calories, total: 140
Calories from sugar: 140

20 oz (590 ml) Bottle
Sugars, total: 65g
Calories, total: 240
Calories from sugar: 240

1 Liter (34 oz) Bottle
Sugars, total: 108g
Calories, total: 400
Calories from sugar: 400

  Mountain Dew

20 oz (590 ml) Bottle
Sugars, total: 77g
Calories, total: 290
Calories from sugar: 290

1 L (34 oz) Bottle
Sugars, total: 124g
Calories, total: 440
Calories from sugar: 440

40% more caffeine than Coke, and 15% more sugar.

  Red Bull Energy Drink

8.3 oz (250 ml) Can
Sugars, total: 27g
Calories, total: 108
Calories from sugar: 108

Same percentage of sugar, just in a smaller can.


 

   Nesquik Chocolate Milk

8 oz (240 ml) Serving
Sugars, total: 29g
Calories, total: 200
Calories from sugar: 116

16 oz Bottle
Sugars, total: 58g
Calories, total: 400
Calories from sugar: 232

Chocolate milk – builds strong bones and rots your teeth at the same time.

  Westsoy Vanilla Soy Milk

8 oz (240 ml) Serving
Sugars, total: 8g
Calories, total: 120
Calories from sugar: 32

Now with 25% less sugar. Which just draws attention to the fact that it contains sugar to begin with.

 

Candy

  Snickers

1 serving (1/3 King Size bar/35g)
Sugars, total: 18g
Calories, total: 170
Calories from sugar: 72

1 King Size bar (105g)
Sugars, total: 54g
Calories, total: 510
Calories from sugar: 216

1 Regular Size bar (40g)
Sugars, total: 30g
Calories, total: 280
Calories from sugar: 120

One "serving" of the King Size Snickers is one third of the bar. Do you have enough restraint to eat one third and save the rest for later?

  Skittles

1 bag (2.6 oz)
Sugars, total: 47g
Calories, total: 250
Calories from sugar: 188

No surprise here – pure sugar, with a colorful candy coating.

 

 Starburst Fruit Chews

1 package (58.7g)
Sugars, total: 34g
Calories, total: 240
Calories from sugar: 188

That’s almost one sugar cube per piece.

 

Desserts

  Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, Cherry Garcia

1 serving (1/2 cup/104g)
Sugars, total: 21g
Calories, total: 240
Calories from sugar: 84

1 pint (416g)
Sugars, total: 84g
Calories, total: 960
Calories from sugar: 336

Don’t tell us you’ve never eaten a whole pint of B&J in one sitting.

  Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream, Vanilla

1 serving (1/2 cup/106g)
Sugars, total: 21g
Calories, total: 270
Calories from sugar: 84

1 pint (424g)
Sugars, total: 84g
Calories, total: 1080
Calories from sugar: 336

Surprise! Frozen yogurt might sound healthier, but it actually has slightly more sugar than ice cream.

Sauces & Condiments

 Catsup

1 serving (1 Tbs/17g)
Sugars, total: 4g
Calories, total: 20
Calories from sugar: 16

America’s favorite condiment.

 

 1000 Island Dressing

1 serving (2 Tbs/32g)
Sugars, total: 5g
Calories, total: 110
Calories from sugar: 20

Hey, why not cover that healthy salad with some sugar?

 

 Prego Marinara Spaghetti Sauce

1 serving (1/2 cup/120g)
Sugars, total: 7g
Calories, total: 100
Calories from sugar: 28

You wouldn’t expect to find sugar in spaghetti sauce, but there it is.

 

Fruits

Nutritional values for fruit are taken from the USDA website. They determine what a serving size is. Their weights for fruit servings figure in the weight of stems, peels, rinds, and other stuff you’d throw away.

 Red Seedless Grapes

1 serving (126g – 4% waste)
Sugars, total: 20g
Calories, total: 88
Calories from sugar: 80

Well, that’s where all the sugar in raisins comes from.

 

 Cantaloupe

1 cup cubes (160g)
Sugars, total: 13g
Calories, total: 54
Calories from sugar: 52

1 serving (134g – 49% waste)
Sugars, total: 11g
Calories, total: 46
Calories from sugar: 44

 Navel Orange

1 large orange (270g)
Sugars, total: 23g
Calories, total: 132
Calories from sugar: 92

That’s about the same as a glass of OJ.

 

 Apple

1 large apple (3.25"/223g – 10% waste)
Sugars, total: 23g
Calories, total: 132
Calories from sugar: 92

1 cup slices (109g)
Sugars, total: 11g
Calories, total: 57
Calories from sugar: 44

 Strawberries

1 serving (147g)
Sugars, total: 7g
Calories, total: 47
Calories from sugar: 28

Of course, it depends on how ripe they are.

 

 Pineapple

1 serving (112g – 50% waste)
Sugars, total: 9g
Calories, total: 50
Calories from sugar: 36

 

 

 Watermelon

1 slice (280g – 50% waste)
Sugars, total: 18g
Calories, total: 86
Calories from sugar: 72

A surprising amount of sugar.

 

 Note: We don’t differentiate between different types of sugar – i.e., sucrose, fructose, cane sugar, corn syrup, honey, etc., although there are differences in how these sugars are metabolized. We just used cubes of white sugar as a visual aid. Nutritional information was taken from package labels, manufacturer websites, or the USDA nutrient database. Calorie amounts are based on 4 calories per gram of sugar unless otherwise noted.

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