How Sweet Is It?
         Calories and Teaspoons of Sugar in 12 Ounces of Each Beverage
         For more information, see The Nutrition Source, www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/
       200                                                                                       Key
        12            170
                       11                                                                              170 Total Calories
                                     170            150                                                 10 Teaspoons of Sugar
                                      10             10                                                         RED: Drink Sparingly and
                                                                                                                Infrequently
                                                                                                                YELLOW: A Better Choice,
                                                                                                                but Don’t Overdo It
                                                                  110                                           GREEN: Best Choice
                                                                     7
                                                                                   90
                                                                                    5
                                                                                                  50
                                                                                                   3
                                                                                                                 15             15               0
                                                                                                                  1               1              0
    Cranberry      Orange           Orange         Cola      FDA Definition     Sports      New Target      Seltzer With   Coffee With    BEST BET:
       Juice         Soda             Juice                    of Reduced        Drink       for Food         a Splash       a Sugar    SUGAR-FREE
     Cocktail                                                    Calorie                      Industry        of Juice       Packet     NATURALLY
                                                                                                                                      (Water, Tea, Etc.)
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                       Calories, Grams of Sugar, and Teaspoons of Sugar in 12 Ounces of Each Beverage
                                                                                                                                                                     CAL| G |TSP                                                                                            CAL| G |TSP
                                                                                      Carbonated Soft Drinks                                                                               Lemonade
                                                                                             A&W®                                                                    180 47 11                                     ®                                                        150 42 10
                             RED: Drink Sparingly                                                     Root Beer                                                                                    Minute Maid  Lemonade 
                                                                                             Blue Sky®                                                                                                                  ®                                                   120 30         7
                             and Infrequently                                                             Natural Orange Soda                                           160   44    10             Newman's Own  Lightly Sweetened Lemonade
                                                                                                          ®                                                          146 41 10             Sports Drinks and Energy Drinks
                             >12 g sugar/12 oz                                               Coca-Cola  Classic
                                                                                             Fanta® Orange                                                           165 45 13                     Capri Sun®            ®                                                  133 28         7
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sport  Sports Drink Lemon Lime
                                                                                             Mountain Dew®                                                           170 46 11                                    ®                                                         167 44 10
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Full Throttle  Original
                             YELLOW: A Better                                                Pepsi®                                                                  150 41 10                                 ® TM
                                                                                                      Cola                                                                                         Gatorade  G  Orange                                                        90 22        5
                             Choice, but Don’t                                                              ®                                                        120 34         8
                                                                                             Schweppes  Ginger Ale                                                                                 Sport owater                                                                         53    14      3
                                                                                                            ®                                                        130 35         8                         ®                   TM
                             Overdo It                                                       Schweppes Tonic Water                                                                                 Odwalla  Serious Focus  Apple Raspberry                                  255 60 14
                             6 to12 g sugar/12 oz*                                    100% Juice                                                                                                   Red Bull®                                                                165 40 10
                                                                                                                ®                                                    195 48 11                            ®
                                                                                             Apple and Eve  Naturally Cranberry 100% Juice                                                         SoBe  Adrenaline Rush                                                    195 51 12
                                                                                             Low Sodium V8®                                                            75 12        3                     TM
                             GREEN: Best Choice                                                                     100% Vegetable Juice                                                           Vault                                                                    179 48 11
                                                                                                             ®                                                       165 41 10
                             0 to 5 g sugar/12 oz                                            Minute Maid  Orange Juice                                                                     Iced Tea
                                                                                             Mott's® Plus for Kids' Health Juice Apple Grape                         195 48 11                     AriZona®                                                                 105 27         6
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Green Tea with Ginseng and Honey
                                                                                                      ®                                                              225 54 13                                  ®
                                                                                             Naked  Juice 100% Juice Pomegranate Blueberry                                                         Steaz (Reg) Sparkling Green Tea, Raspberry                        135    35     8
                                                                                                                  ®                                                  240 60 14
                                                                                             POM Wonderful  100% Pomegranate Juice                                                                 Homemade Iced Green Tea with 1 Tsp of Sugar                                16      4    1
                                                                                                       ®                                                             255 63 15
                       1 TEASPOON OF SUGAR =                                                 Welch's  100% Grape Juice                                                                             Homemade Iced Mint Tea, Unsweetened                                         0      0    0
                       4.2 GRAMS OF SUGAR                                             Sparkling Juices and Sparkling Water                                                                         Honest Tea®                                                                45 12        3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Lori's Lemon Tea
                                                                                                          
                                                                                             Fizz Ed.TMPomegranate Cherry                                            129 31         7                      ®                                                                130 34         8
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Lipton  Brisk Green
                       The Nutrition Source does not endorse                                       ®                                                                 120 31         7                       ®
                       specific brands, and the inclusion of                                 IZZE  Sparkling Grapefruit Juice                                                                      Nestea  Sweetened Lemon Iced Tea                                         125 35         8
                                                                                                   ®                                                                                                         ®
                                                                                             R.W.  Knudse       n 
                       brand-name beverages on this list does                                                 n Lemon Lime                                                   120   28      7       Snapple  Earl Grey Black Tea                                               53 12        3
                                                                                             Poland Spring®                                                              000                                 ®
                       not constitute an endorsement.                                                             Brand Sparkling Water                                                            Snapple  Iced Tea Peach                                                  135 35         8
                                                                                             Polar Seltzer®                                                              000                                   ®
                                                                                                               with Vanilla                                                                        Teas' Tea  Naturally Sweet Mango Oolong                                    60 14        3
                       Calories, grams of sugar, and                                  Sweetened Water and Flavored Water
                       teaspoons of sugar are calculated or                                                                                                                                Coffee Drinks
                                                                                                         ®                                                             40 10        2
                       obtained from Nutrition Facts                                         Berry Bot  Fortified Water                                                                                           ®                                                         222 41 10
                                                                                                              ®              ®                                                                     Full Throttle  Coffee + Energy Mocha
                       information provided by beverage                                      Old Orchard  FruitSense  Accelerate Key Lime                              68 18        4              Iced Coffee with 1 Teaspoon Sugar                                          16      4    1
                       manufacturers’ Web sites. Values are                                  Glacéau Vitamin Water®                                                    75 20        5
                                                                                                                             Essential                                                                              ®                                                       435 62 15
                       calculated with the assumption that all                                                                                                                                     Panera Bread Frozen Drink Caramel
                                                                                             Hansen's®                                TM                               85 23        5
                       carbohydrate is from sugar.                                                         Organic Junior Water  Beverage                                                                      ®                                                            360 57 14
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Starbucks  Mint Mocha Chip Frappuccino w/ Whipped Cream
                       Calculations are approximate, due to                                  Homemade Spa Water(recipe on www.thenutritionsource.org)                    0     0    0      Smoothies and Flavored Milk
                                                                                                            ®       TM 
                       rounding. Some products are available                                 TalkingRain  Twist                                                        15      3    1
                       in sizes that are smaller or larger than                                                                                                                                    Homemade Fruit Cooler (recipe on www.thenutritionsource.org)               18      4    1
                                                                                                             TM                                                        75 20        5
                       12 ounces. Beverage manufacturers                                     Wild Waters  Flippin' Fruit                                                                                           ®                             TM                         375 63 15
                                                                                      Fruit Punch and Fruit Drinks                                                                                 Jamba Juice  Mango Peach Topper
                       may change product formulation and                                                                                                                                          Naked®                             ®                                     360 59 14
                       availability at any time. Use beverage                                             ®                                                          125 34         8                         Juice Protein Zone  Banana Chocolate
                                                                                             Capri Sun  Juice Drink Strawberry Kiwi                                                                          ®                                                              300 48 11
                       manufacturers’ Web sites as the best                                                       ®                                                  180 45 11                     Nesquik  Ready-to-Drink Chocolate Milk, Reduced Fat
                       source of information on nutrient                                     Hawaiian Punch  Fruit Juicy Red                                                                                  ®                             ®                               285 51 12
                                                                                                        ®                             ®                              240 57 14                     Odwalla  Original Super Protein
                       content.                                                              Odwalla  Strawberry C-Monster                                                                             ®                                                                    210 32         8
                                                                                                        ®                                                            165 41 10                     Silk  Chocolate Soymilk
                                                                                             Snapple  Fruit Punch Juice Drink                                                                                  ®             TM                                             270 28         7
                                                                                                        ®                                                                                          Starbucks   Vivanno  Banana-Chocolate Blend
                       For complete source information, see                                  SunnyD  Tangy Original Style                                            180 44 10
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Stonyfield Farm®                                                         276 47 11
                       www.thenutritionsource.org.                                                                                                                                                                        Raspberry Smoothie  
                      *Some yellow-category beverages listed in this chart have slightly more than 12 g sugar in 12 oz;  they have been included because they are close to the 1g/oz guideline.