SUGAR….


 

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
* You'll notice that if you do the math onmany of these, the total caloric value is lower than the calories that should bein the sugar alone, if sugar has 4 caloriesper gram. We don't know if they used "low calorie" sugar; we just used the dataon the nutrition label, and assumed thatsugar accounted for 100% of the calories.This was common for beverages but notother products.

Most people add at least some ice to their fountain drinks. We figured in enough ice to account for 15% of the cup’s volume. Restaurants probably put in a lot more.



The sugar just keeps stacking up. 

Coca Cola 7-Eleven 32 oz Big Gulp  (28 oz soda + 4 oz ice) Sugars, total:                91g Calories, total:                364 Calories from sugar:        364
7-Eleven 44 oz Super Gulp (38 oz soda + 6 oz ice) Sugars, total:                128g Calories, total:                512 Calories from sugar:        512


This is a huge insulated mug. It holds a little less than the Double Gulp, and is about the size of a gallon jug.


Coca Cola 7-Eleven 52 oz Xtreme Gulp (45 oz soda + 7 oz ice) Sugars, total:                146g Calories, total:                585 Calories from sugar:        585
 


That’s about a cup of sugar! It’s hard to believe anyone could drink that much soda.


Coca Cola 7-Eleven 64 oz Double Gulp (55 oz soda + 9 oz ice) Sugars, total:                186g Calories, total:                744 Calories from sugar:        744
 


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


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


About the same amount of sugar as soda.


Rockstar Energy Drink  8 oz (240 ml) Serving Sugars, total:                31g Calories, total:                124  Calories from sugar:        124
16 oz (480 ml) Can Sugars, total:                62g Calories, total:                248 Calories from sugar:        248


Same percentage of sugar, just in a smaller can.


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

All Vitamin Water flavors contain this much sugar.


Vitamin Water, B-Relaxed Jackfruit and Guava Flavor  8 oz (240 ml) Serving Sugars, total:                13g Calories, total:                50  Calories from sugar:        50
20 oz (590 ml) Bottle Sugars, total:                33g Calories, total:                125  Calories from sugar:        125

We have to give Sobe credit for being upfront: the label says, “Naturally sweetened with sugar.”


Sobe Mango Melon 8 oz (240 ml) Serving Sugars, total:                29g Calories, total:                120  Calories from sugar:        116
20 oz (590 ml) Bottle Sugars, total:                70g Calories, total:                280  Calories from sugar:        280


Ice tea needs some sweetening, but not that much.


Arizona Lemon Ice Tea  8 oz (240 ml) Serving Sugars, total:                24g Calories, total:                90  Calories from sugar:        90
24 oz Can Sugars, total:                72g Calories, total:                270  Calories from sugar:        270


The “best stuff on earth” includes a lot of sugar.


Snapple Lemon Iced Tea   8 oz Serving Sugars, total:                23g  Calories, total:                100  Calories from sugar:        92
16 oz Bottle Sugars, total:                46g  Calories, total:                200  Calories from sugar:        184


When life gives you lemons – add sugar!


Minute Maid Lemonade  8 oz (240 ml) Serving Sugars, total:                27g Calories, total:                140  Calories from sugar:        140
20 oz (590 ml) Bottle Sugars, total:                67g Calories, total:                260  Calories from sugar:        260


Just because it’s juice, that doesn’t mean it’s less sugary.


Orange Juice  8 oz (240 ml) Serving Sugars, total:                24g Calories, total:                110  Calories from sugar:        96
16 oz Bottle Sugars, total:                48g Calories, total:                220  Calories from sugar:        192


Exactly as much sugar per ounce as Coca Cola.


Apple Juice  8 oz (240 ml) Serving Sugars, total:                26g Calories, total:                120  Calories from sugar:        104
16 oz Bottle Sugars, total:                52g Calories, total:                240  Calories from sugar:        208
Capri Sun Pacific Cooler
Basically a bag of water and high fructose corn syrup. 

Check out the note below. In the meantime, they have switched back to corn syrup. I wonder why they didn’t bother to email us and let us know? Apparently the pouches are only 177 ml now, and so have 16g of sugar. They didn’t email us about that change either.

To whom it may concern,

Your calories and grams of sugar with respect to Capri Sun Pacific Cooler are correct.  Your reference to High Fructose Corn Syrup is not.  There is no HFCS in Capri Sun as we reformulated the brand well over a year ago, moving to sugar and with 25% fewer grams than previously existed of HFCS.  So if you are going to denigrate our brand (no reference to the short list of ingredients without any artificial colors/flavors/preservatives), I would ask that you at least get your facts straight.

Neil Leinwand
Kraft Foods


Capri Sun, Pacific Cooler  6.75 oz (200 ml) Pouch Sugars, total:                18g Calories, total:                70  Calories from sugar:        70


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


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


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


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


Sugar and alcohol – the ingredients to a killer hangover.


Mike's Hard Lemonade  11.2 oz (330 ml) Bottle Sugars, total:                30g Calories, total:                220  Calories from sugar:        120

 

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