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When you’re parched, reaching for asoda, iced tea, or juice may be second nature.
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But oftentimes, quenching your thirst with these drinkscomes with consequences.
The hard truth: Many of these beverages contain more sugar than you should consume in an entire day.
The easiest way to take in more than a day’s worth of sugar is by drinking it.
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V8 Splash Tropical Blend
Don’t be fooled by all the veggies inthis drink.
That explains the 17 grams of added sugarmore than 4 teaspoons' worthin this drink.
Oceanspray
Red Bull
Red Bullpromises to give you wings but fails to mention the sugar high.
However, that doesn’t justify the fact that a cup contains 28 grams of sugar and zero fiber.
One 12-ounce can contains 140 calories and 35 grams of sugar.
Coca-Cola
First, Yoo-Hoo isn’t even made with real milkthe first (and most abundant) ingredient is water.
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Sprite
Skip theSprite.
That is until you realize there’s a staggering 39 grams of sugar in each can.
Red Bull
You’re better off enjoying an actual ice cream cone over this liquid sugar latte.
Indeed, all of the calories in this flavored iced tea come from the sweet stuff.
Pepsi
Pepsimight be Coke’s slightly less popular cousin but it still manages to pack more sugar.
Mott’s
Specifically, it has 2 more grams of sugar than Coke.
To put things into perspective, one can of Pepsi has more sugar than your typicalice cream sundae.
But that doesn’t hide the fact thatWelch’s grape juicecontains 44 grams of sugar per 10-ounce bottle.
Canada Dry
One bottle packs 47 grams of sugar, which is equivalent to nearly 12 teaspoons' worth.
One bottle of Naked’s version has 53 grams of sugar, mostly coming from apple juice concentrate.
That’s like brewing black tea and dumping 13 teaspoons of sugar into your mug.
Canada Dry
Skip Naked’s mango smoothie and eat real fruit instead.
Amazon
International Delight
Coca-Cola
Dunkin' Iced Coffee
Coca-Cola
Community Coffee
Snapple
Pepsi
Drink AriZona
Coca-Cola
Welch’s
Pepsico
Starbucks
Naked Juice Company
AriZona
Monster Energy
Naked Juice Company
Naked Juice Company
