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You might be surprised to know that there are plenty of hidden sugars in your favorite "healthy" foods, even the ones that you might assume have no sugar!
It's important to note that one sugar cube is equivalent to four grams of sugar--and dietitians and doctors recommend that people limit their sugar consumption to only 25 grams a day. Unfortunately, it can quickly add up if you aren't careful!
Test your knowledge of hidden sugars: try to guess which food has more sugar and then check the answer; you might be shocked at the results!
1. BBQ Sauce or Snickers Bar?
Answer: BBQ Sauce! That's right: a quarter cup of commercial BBQ sauce (such as Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce) contains more sugar than a regular sized Snickers bar.
2. Tomato Sauce or Oreos?
Answer: Tomato Sauce! half a cup of Prego Traditional pasta sauce has more sugar than two Oreos!
3. Pop Tarts Strawberry or Clif Bar?
Answer: Clif Bar! OneClif Bar has five more grams of sugar than one Strawberry Pop Tart!
4. Good Humor Ice Cream Bar or Raisins?
Answer: Raisins! Surprisingly, a small box of raisins have 29 grams of sugar (that's more than a can of soda!) while the Good Humor Ice Cream Bar only has 12 grams of sugar.
5. Fruit Jelly or Skittles?
Answer: Fruit Jelly! Just four tablespoons of fruit jelly has more sugar than a regular two ounce bag of Skittles--shocking!
6. French Dressing or Reese's Peanut Butter Cup?
Answer: French Dressing! A quarter cup of Kraft French Dressing contains as much sugar as a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
7. Yoo-hoo Chocolate Milk or Ocean Spray Cranberry Light Juice?
Answer: Ocean Spray Cranberry Light Juice! Surprisingly, the difference is quite significant--Yoo-hoo has 28 grams of sugar while the cranberry juice has over 33 grams of sugar!
8. Dole Pineapple Rings or Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey Ice Cream?
Answer: Pineapple Rings! Six Dole pineapple rings in heavy syrup contain more sugar than 1 cup of Ben & Jerry’s Chunky Monkey ice cream.
9. Frosted Cheerios or Frosted Flakes?
Answer: Frosted Cheerios! Per serving, Frosted Cheerios have more sugar than the same serving size as Frosted Flakes.
10. Wheat Thins or Cool Ranch Doritos?
Answer: Wheat Thins! Wheat Thins have double the amount of sugar as Cool Ranch Doritos.
What do you think about this quiz? How many did you get right? Are you surprised? Let us know what you think in the comments!
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