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minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·5 months ago212g of sugar in a 2L bottle of coke (Coca Cola states 10.6g per 100ml). One teaspoon is roughly 4g of sugar. 53 teaspoons of sugar in that bottle. Interesting.
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoSame for fruit juice but many people don’t know and think it’s healthy. Try eating 10 oranges. If you succeed, you’ve eaten a giant dose of fiber etc with it, so it’s still not nearly as bad.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoNot to speak of the sugar added to most fruit juice. That’s mind-boggling to me. I know why (it’s cheap), but still.
minus-squaresexy_peach@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoAre you sure? Where I live fruit juice is a protected term and means pure fruit juice. Otherwise it might be called nectar etc
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoHa! That’s definitely not true in the US, at least not on packaging I’ve seen. It’s a great idea though.
212g of sugar in a 2L bottle of coke (Coca Cola states 10.6g per 100ml). One teaspoon is roughly 4g of sugar.
53 teaspoons of sugar in that bottle.
Interesting.
Same for fruit juice but many people don’t know and think it’s healthy. Try eating 10 oranges. If you succeed, you’ve eaten a giant dose of fiber etc with it, so it’s still not nearly as bad.
Not to speak of the sugar added to most fruit juice.
That’s mind-boggling to me. I know why (it’s cheap), but still.
Are you sure? Where I live fruit juice is a protected term and means pure fruit juice. Otherwise it might be called nectar etc
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Ha! That’s definitely not true in the US, at least not on packaging I’ve seen.
It’s a great idea though.