Maybe it was just my family but do you remember when having a soda was something special? As a kid I got to have a soda after dinner or when we went out to eat (which wasnt every night). Now it seems like you have a soda with almost every meal. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner - It doesnt matter. A Coca Cola goes with everything, right? Only in America. Lets take a look at some of the more popular brands of soda and see how many grams of sugar are in each 12 oz can.
- Sunkist Orange Soda - 52 grams of sugar
- Fanta Orange Soda - 51.5 grams of sugar
- Mountain Dew - 47 grams of sugar
- Vanilla Coke - 42 grams of sugar
- Dr. Pepper - 41 grams of sugar
- Coca Cola Classic - 40.5 grams of sugar
- Pepsi - 40 grams of sugar
- Sprite - 39 grams of sugar
To put this in perspective: A teaspoon of granulated sugar is equal to about 4 grams. So the next time you slug down a 20 oz bottle of Orange Soda you are having about 20 teaspoons of sugar or about a half a cup of granulated sugar.
I wonder why Diabetes is on the rise in America?
This is the exact reason I drink beer- for the health benefits.
I’ve been looking for a reference to this type of info, do you have any???
naya