Sugary Drink Pictures
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Note these images reflect the amount of added sugar per container and have had natural sugars deducted from the totals. Natural sugars include naturally occurring glucose and fructose in fruit based drinks and lactose in milk.
Soda / Soft Drink, 375ml can = 10 tsp
Cordial mixed 1 :5, 200ml glass = 4 tsp
Energy Drink - 600ml = 12 tsp, 300ml = 6 tsp
Vitamin Water, 600ml = 5 1/2 tsp
Sports Drink, 600ml = 11 tsp
Iced Tea, 600ml = 7 tsp
Fruit juice drink, 250ml = 6 tsp
Flavoured milk, 300ml = 4 tsp, 600ml = 8 tsp
Vegetable juice, 200l = 0 tsp
100% juice, 250ml = 0tsp
Note: We recommend that 100% juice be limited to 1 glass per day and is better substituted by 2 pieces of fruit for the value of the fibre contained in the whole fruit.
Our previous article identified that the target for children is 7 tsp per day. This could be used up by a low sugar cereal at breakfast and a cup of fruit juice drink at lunch. How much sugar do your children or grandchildren drink?
Amanda Clark, Adv APD
Amanda Clark is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian and author / creator of Portion Perfection – the visual approach to weight control which offers a specific International and US Bariatric Kit and an Australian Bariatric Kit. The Bariatric kit includes the orange pictorial book, a 4 Week Weight Loss Menu Plan with recipes and a specific bariatric menu plan, a bariatric portion plate and bowl. The kit is available in the US at www.portiondiet.com and Australia at www.greatideas.net.au and there is a purple version of the kit which contains guides for men, women and children.
Amanda, Thanks for this great visual. It always helps to see an image to help understand exactly how much sugar we are talking about. It is shocking how much sugar is in some of these beverages. coffee beverages are another high-sugar beverage – for example, a latte can have 20 or more grams of sugar. Another way to help put these high-sugar beverages in perspective is to compare them to sweets – something like a cookie might have 20 grams of sugar – or less than the amount in a soda.
My son created something very similar for his 4th-grade science project:
Makes me so proud! 
Hi Alex that is a great project - was that inspired by my pics or completed previously? That Super Big Gulp is shocking. I think the biggest problem with that drink is that it is in an open cup with a straw, so there's no expectation that you're going to consume it over an extended period of time - and we're all naturally reluctant to put a tub still partly full of liquid into a trash bin - it feels wrong to do it, so people can be seen near the bin gulping down the last glugs so they can throw it away.
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And this is why the only thing I drink is water! Besides having that little bit of actual fruit once in a while tastes so much better than a glass of juice.< /p>
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