Where’s the Added Sugar?
Posted: February 18, 2010 Filed under: -Nutrition | Tags: added sugar, most added sugar, sugar in diet, sugar in soda Leave a commentRegular sodas add the most sugar to a typical American’s diet.
(source: www.cspinet.org)
It isn’t hard to reach—and far exceed—the new limits set for added sugar by the American Heart Association— 25 grams a day for women, 37. 5 grams for men (see page 1). Even foods like yogurt and baked beans may be loaded with extra sugar, beyond the sugar naturally in them. Sugar content varies among brands; the amounts below are averages. Many people consume more than the serving sizes listed. For example, we list a cola as 8 ounces, but soda cans are 12 ounces and bottles are 16 ounces or larger.
Beverages (8 oz) Added sugar (g)
- Cola 22
- Cranberry juice cocktail 20
- Milk, chocolate, reduced-fat 14
- Pear nectar, canned 28
- Shake, fast food, vanilla 14
- Soy milk, chocolate 10
- Sports drink, fruit-flavored 13
- Tea, instant, sugar-sweetened 21
Foods Added sugar (g)
- Applesauce, sweetened, 1 cup 16
- Baked beans, canned, 1 cup 15
- Banana chips, 1 oz 7
- Bologna, beef and pork, 3.5 oz 4
- Candies, caramel, 2.5 oz package 36
- Candy, milk chocolate, 1.5 oz bar 19
- Cookies, Oreo-type, 3 (1 oz) 12
- Cranberries, dried, 1/3 cup 25
- Doughnut, cruller, glazed, 1.4 oz 14
- Fig bar cookies, 2 (1 oz) 10
- Frozen yogurt, soft-serve, 1/2 cup 13
- Fruit cocktail, heavy syrup, 1 cup 26
- Granola bar, 1 oz 12
- Jellybeans, 1 oz (10 large) 20
- Popcorn, caramel-coated, 1 oz 15
- Pudding, vanilla, ready-to-eat, 4 oz 19
- Yogurt, fruit, 6 oz container 19
(UC Berkeley Wellness Letter, Nov 09)
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