Shannon Center Weekly Nutrition Tip – Calculating Your Daily Added Sugars
Example day of how fast added sugars add up
Breakfast
Starbucks Frap 14 oz: 47 g
Oatmeal packet 12 g
Meal Total 59 grams
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Lunch
Lean Cuisine Chicken Pecan: 15 g
Vitamin Water (1 bottle) 32 g
Meal Total 47 grams
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Dinner
Pasta 0 g
Pasta Sauce 10 g
12 can Sprite 38 g
Salad greens 0 g
Honey Mustard dressing 2 tbsp 5 g
Meal Total 53 grams
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Snacks
Yoplait yogurt 26 g
Laughing Cow Ice cream bar 11 g
Total 37 grams
Daily total added sugars 196 grams!