02-10-2014, 01:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-10-2014, 01:26 PM by hendi_alex.)
To me it is all in the context of reasonable consumption. Recommended sugar consumption of added sugar products is max 6 tsp per day for a female and max of 9 tsp per day for a male. A single coke contains the approximate equivalent of 9 teaspoons of sugar. So just one coke breaks the bank for sugar intake of a female, with the same providing the maximum that a male should have. How many people will only get added sugar from than soft drink? So how much coke represents a reasonable serving size, based upon FDA and other dietary recommendations? My guess is that a 4-6 ounce portion would represent moderate intake, as that would only give about 3-4+ teaspoons of sugar.
Alex