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Sugar Content of Popular Foods
(USDA recommends that the average eat no more than 10 teaspoons
of sugar per day. Please note that the USDA is not recommending
that you eat any refined sugar, just that you don't exceed
10 teaspoons per day)"
| FOOD |
TSP |
| Snickers bar, 2.1 oz |
5.8 |
| Strawberry Passion Awareness Fruitopia,
20 oz. |
17.8 |
| Lowfat fruit-flavored yogurt, 8 oz. |
7 |
| Entenmann's Chocolate Fudge Cake, 3 oz.
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8.5 |
| Burger King Cini-minis w/icing,* 4.7 oz. |
9.5 |
| Pepsi, 12 oz. |
10 |
| Pancake syrup, 1/2 cup |
10 |
| Hostess Lemon Fruit Pie, 4 oz |
11.5 |
| McDonald's Vanilla Shake,* 20 oz. |
12 |
| Cinnabon,* 7 oz. |
12.3 |
| Sunkist Orange Soda,12 oz. |
13 |
| McDonald's McFlurry with Butterfingers,*
10 oz. |
13.8 |
| Dairy Queen Mr. Misty Slush,* 32 oz. |
28 |
Sources: Manufacturers, USDA, CSPI analyses
and/or estimates. Center for Science in the Public Interest,
August, 1999
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