Sugar in Alcohol,Vodka and Fruit Sugar

How much sugar in liquors and soft drinks? The sugar contents of some popular soft drinks and alcohol liquors like vodka, beer, vine, etc. given below. Do you know that a can (12 ounce) of non-diet drink contains at least 40 gram (10 teaspoons) of sugar that gives you from 140 to 180 calories!

Sugar in Non-Diet Soft Drinks 360 ml (12 fl. oz) Can	Sugar gram
Minute Maid Orange Soda, 1 can	48
Mountain Dew, 1 can	46
Sugar in Pepsi, 1 can	41
Dr Pepper, 1 can	40
Sugar in Coca-Cola Classic, 1 can	39
7Up, 1 can	39
Sprite, 1 can	38
Sugar in Alcohol	Sugar gram
Sugar in Red wine, 100 ml	0.62
White wine, 100 ml	0.22
Sugar in Beer, 100 ml	0
Sugar in Rum, gin, vodka, whiskey distilled 80, 86,90 proof), 100 ml	0
Carbonated beverage, root beer, 100 ml	10.6

Note that vodka, beer, gin and other alcoholic liquors contain no sugar or very small amount.

Fruits and fruit juices contain considerable amount of sugar. The fructose present in fruits is also a simple carbohydrate but it is low GI and in the presence of fruit fiber it is not bad because the fibers slow down the digestion rate. The pure fruit juice does not contain any fibers so it may also cause rapid rise of blood sugar level. You should therefore dilute the fruit juice in water to reduce its concentration. It is better to make fruit juice at home and leave some fibers in it. However, you should choose low glycemic index fruits and and glycemic load fruits.

Sugar Content in Fruits 100g or 100ml	Sugar gram
Apples with skin	10.39
Apples, raw, without skin	10.10
Apple juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, without added ascorbic acid	10.90
Apricots	9.23
Bananas	12.23
Blueberry	9.96
Blueberry, frozen, sweetened	19.72
Corn, sweet, yellow, canned, regular pack	3.56
Dates	63.35
Figs, dried, uncooked	47.9
Grapes, red or green, seedless	15.5
Mangos	14.80
Grape juice, frozen concentrate, sweetened, diluted with 3 volume water, with added vitamin C	12.7
Grape juice, canned or bottled, unsweetened, without added vitamin C	14.9
Grapefruit, sections, canned, light syrup pack, solids and liquids	15.0
Kiwi fruit	8.99
Melons, honeydew	8.12
Melons, cantaloupe	7.86
Peaches, dried, sulfured	41.74
Peaches	8.39
Peaches, canned, juice pack, solids and liquids	10.27
Peaches, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquids	18.64
Pineapple, canned, heavy syrup pack, solids and liquids	16.9
Prunes, dried	38.12
Prune juice, canned	16.4
Plums	9.92
Papayas	5.90
Raisins, seedless	59.2
Strawberries	4.67
Strawberries, frozen, sweetened, sliced	24.01
Tangerines, (mandarin oranges), canned, light syrup pack	15.5
Tomatoes, sun-dried	37.5
Fruit cocktail, (peach and pineapple and pear and grape and cherry), canned, heavy syrup, solids and liquids	17.9
Fruit punch drink, with added nutrients, canned	11.3
Cranberry juice cocktail, bottled	11.9
Tangerine juice, canned, sweetened	11.8
Pineapple and orange juice drink, canned	11.6
Pineapple and grapefruit juice drink, canned	11.5

Compiled from the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 20 (2007)
www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=8964.

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