How much sugar is in local fizzy drinks – with one can packing in 14 teaspoons | Business Insider

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The fizzy drink with the most sugar in SA has about ten teaspoons in a single serving – and it's not a cola, sports, or energy drink.

Teaspoons of sugar in select SA sodas per 300ml. Spoon image: Vecteezy.com.

Many of these are private-label products sold by Woolworths. Although, to their credit, Woolworths is the only mainstream retailer that consistently posts nutritional information about its products online, they still sell a vast range of custom-branded products with high sugar content in this category.Woolworths Rosé Sparkling Grape Juice

Several Woolworths brand sodas follow with between 12.3 and 11.4 grams of sugar per 100ml, before the energy drinks and Coke appear. has 11g of sugar per 100ml - meaning a standard 250ml can has just under 7 teaspoons of sugar. If you drink their larger 500ml can, you'll get just under 14 spoons.

 

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