Hidden Sources of Sugar – Dr. Sokolova May, 2014

The average American consumes 22.7 teaspoons of sugar per day
22.7 tsps. of sugar equals the natural sugar contained in each of the following:
7 red apples
454 eggs
1, 135 cups of rice
27 ears of corn

Beef and pork bologna, 4 slices = 1.18 tsp. sugar

Wheat bread, 2 slices = 0.66 tsp. sugar

Ketchup, 3 tbsp. = 1.77 tsp. sugar

Oatmeal cookie, 1 cookie = 2 tsp. sugar

Gingersnaps, 1 cookie = 3 tsp. sugar

Cupcake, iced, 4 oz. = 4 tsp. sugar

Brownie with no icing, 1 oz. = 4 tsp. sugar

Fig Newtons, 1 cookies = 2 tsp. sugar

Glazed doughnut = 4 tsp. sugar

Lucky Charms cereal, 1 cup = 2.55 tsp. sugar

Can of cola, 12 oz. = 7.93 tsp. sugar

Lowfat fruit yogurt, 8 oz. = 6.16 tsp. sugar

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