How much SUGAR is in your drink?
Hannah Corpuz, MD and Jerico B. Gutierrez, MD
That Mary Poppins song never gets old: “Just a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down…”. But do we really know how much sugar is ALREADY IN the usual drinks we consume from our sari-sari or convenience stores? Here’s a quick guide for you.
BELOW ARE POPULAR BEVERAGES AVAILABLE IN THE LOCAL MARKET
The number of tablespoons beside each beverages represents the amount of sugar it has. 1 tablespoon of sugar is equivalent to 12.5 grams of sugar.
Gatorade 355 ml
52.5 g
Cobra Energy Drink 240 ml
46 g
Minute Maid Pulpy Orange 330 ml
35.5 g
Regular Coke in Can 330 ml
34.5 g
Lipton Lemon Iced Tea 500 ml
33.75 g
Kopiko 78o Iced Coffee 330 ml
24 g
Fit ‘n Right Active Isotonic Drink 500 ml
24 g
Del Monte Unsweetened Pineapple Juice 240 ml
22 g
C2 Flavored Green Tea 330 ml
22 g
Zesto Fruit Juice 200 ml
20 g
Nestle Chuckie Chocolate Drink 180 mg
20 g
Fit ‘n Right Low Calorie Pineapple Orange 330 ml
3 g
Coke Zero in Can 330 ml
0 g
Coke Light in Can 330 ml
0 g
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