According to the American Heart Association, a typical woman should get no more than 100 calories a day from added sugars and a typical man should get no more than 150 calories. This translates to 6.5 – 9.5 teaspoons of sugar, roughly what is in a 12 oz. can of soda.Here are some examples of popular foods with added sugar (listed in teaspoons). If you want to covert the teaspoons into calories, just multiply by 16.
Baskin-Robbins Vanilla Ice Cream Cone (double scoop) 11.5
Coldstone Creamery Founders Favorite 30.5
Starbucks Grande Caffe Mocha 3
Starbucks Grande Caramel Macchiato 4
Starbucks Grande Vanilla Latte 4
Starbucks Grande Tazo Shaken Iced Tea 5
Glaceau Vitamin Water Revive 8.5
Coca-Cola 10
Snapple Lemon Tea 10.5
Nestea Iced Tea Sweetened 12
Sobe Green Tea 15.5
Kashi GoLean Cookies ‘N Cream Chewy Bar 9
