Do Americans have a drinking problem? The one we’re talking about, though, has nothing to do with alcohol. If you’re not careful you may be drinking dangerous levels of sugar.
Check out the Worst Beverages in the Supermarket made by Women’s Health magazine below.
Worst Iced Tea: Snapple Lemon Iced Tea (20-ounce bottle)
250 calories, 58 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 6 Original Fudgsicle Bars
Worst Flavored Water: Snapple Agave Melon Antioxidant Water (20-ounce bottle)
150 calories, 33 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 3 bowls of Honey Comb cereal
Worst Coffee Drink: Starbucks Coffee Frappuccino
290 calories, 4.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated), 46 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 3.5 scoops of Dreyer’s Double Fudge Brownie Ice Cream
Worst Kids’ Drink: SunnyD Smooth Style (16-ounce bottle)
260 calories, 60 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 8 Eggo Choco-’Nilla Flip Flop Waffles
Worst Bottled Lemonade: Minute Maid Lemonade (20-ounce bottle)
250 calories, 67 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 5 Good Humor Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches
Worst Canned Energy Drink: Rockstar Original (16-ounce can)
280 calories, 62 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 7.5 Chocolate Drizzle Rice Krispies
Worst Fruity Beverage: Sobe Lizard Lava (20-ounce bottle)
310 calories, 75 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 11 Rainbow Popsicles
Worst Soda: Sunkist (20-ounce bottle)
325 calories, 88 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 17 Chewy Chips Ahoy! cookies
Worst Juice Impostor: Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (23.5-ounce can)
360 calories, 84 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 7 bowls of Fruit Loops
Worst Chocolate Milk : Nesquik (16-ounce bottle)
400 calories, 10 g fat (6 g saturated), 60 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 4 Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies
Worst “Healthy” Drink: Naked Protein Zone Banana Chocolate (15.2-ounce bottle)
480 calories, 3 g fat (1 g saturated), 32 g protein, 70 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 5 Breyers Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches
Photos via Women’s Health Magazine
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