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Hidden Sugar Quiz

Do you know how much sugar is hiding in your food?

Elizabeth Agnvall and Michelle Crouch

En español

Published May 26, 2021

8 Questions

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Hidden Sugar Quiz

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  "question" : "Which breakfast cereal has the most sugar per serving?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Post Cocoa Pebbles",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "General Mills Oatmeal Crisp Hearty Raisin",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Cocoa Pebbles has half the sugar of General Mills Oatmeal Crisp. Cocoa Pebbles are much lower in fiber, though, with less than half a gram of fiber to Oatmeal Crisp Hearty Raisin's five grams.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which of these has the most sugar?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Three French crullers from Dunkin' Donuts",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "A Blue Bunny vanilla ice cream sandwich",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "A 20-ounce bottle of Glaceau Defense Raspberry-Apple Vitamin Water",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "The vitamin water has 32 grams of sugar — more than two ice cream sandwiches (15 grams each) and more than three Dunkin' Donuts crullers (10 grams each).",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which of these snacks has the least sugar?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "A 4-ounce serving cup of Mott's Original Applesauce",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "A 6-ounce container of Yoplait Original Lemon Burst",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Six Pepperidge Farm Mint Milano cookies",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Both the yogurt and applesauce have slightly more sugar than the cookies.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which two-third-cup serving of these icy desserts is highest in sugar?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Haagen-Dazs Zesty Mango Sorbet",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Blue Bunny Frozen Yogurt, Vanilla ",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Blue Bunny Ice Cream, Vanilla",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Per a two-third-cup serving, the Haagen-Dazs mango sorbet has the most sugar, with 44 grams; the vanilla frozen yogurt has 21 grams of sugar; and the vanilla ice cream has the lowest sugar content, at 17 grams.",
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}, {
  "question" : "How many sugar cubes worth of sugar are found in a 7-Eleven Super Big Gulp Coca-Cola?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "12",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "23",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "32",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "According to Sugar Stacks, a website that reports the amount of sugar in different foods, the Super Big Gulp Coca-Cola with 15 percent ice puts 128 grams of sugar in your cup holder.",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which of these snacks has the most sugar?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "A quarter-cup of Ocean Spray Craisins, Original",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "A quarter-cup of Sun-Maid Yogurt Raisins",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "One Twinkie snack cake",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "Who would guess that dried cranberries (29 grams per quarter-cup) and yogurt-covered raisins (19 grams per quarter-cup) would have more sugar than a Twinkie (16 grams per cake)?",
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}, {
  "question" : "Which of these fruits has the least sugar?",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Red Delicious apple",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Granny Smith apple",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  }, {
    "answer" : "Navel orange",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "A red apple and naval orange both have about 20 grams of sugar. A small Granny Smith apple has only 11 grams and about the same amount of fiber and nutritional punch as the other two.",
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}, {
  "question" : "If you are going to eat a dessert or sweet snack, it's better for your body to get sugar from:",
  "answers" : [ {
    "answer" : "Molasses or honey",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "High-fructose corn syrup or other corn sweeteners",
    "correctAnswer" : false
  }, {
    "answer" : "Whether it's called sugar, honey or sweetie pie, sugar is sugar.",
    "correctAnswer" : true
  } ],
  "multiSelect" : false,
  "explanation" : "If it's just sugar that concerns you, all sweeteners are essentially the same. Bottom line: The American Heart Association recommends limiting amounts of added sugars to no more than 100 calories (about six teaspoons or 24 grams) a day for women and 150 calories (about nine teaspoons or 36 grams) a day for men. But while white sugar is purely empty calories, some of the others have at least a little nutritional value. Blackstrap molasses, for instance, also gives you calcium, potassium and iron.",
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} ]

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