What is a Sugary Drink?
See how much added sugar is in each kind of sugary drink, from soda to energy drinks
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Overview
Sugary drinks are beverages that contain added sugars or sweeteners. Sugary drinks include soda, sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit-flavored or powdered drinks, vitamin-enhanced water drinks, toddler milks with added sweeteners, and sweetened tea and coffee drinks. Chocolate milk and some milk alternatives also contain added sugar. The additional sugar in these drinks adds calories, but little or no nutrients.
Click on the tabs below to see how much sugar (and calories from added sugar) are in each kind of drink. Calculations are based on calories and teaspoons of sugar per container.
Amounts of sugar in sugary drinks
20 oz Soda
16 teaspoons of sugar
256 calories from added sugar
20 oz Fruit-Flavored Drink
16 teaspoons of sugar
256 calories from added sugar
20 oz Sports Drink
9 teaspoons of sugar
144 calories from added sugar
16 oz Energy Drink
16 teaspoons of sugar
256 calories from added sugar
20 oz Vitamin-Enhanced Water Beverage
8 teaspoons of sugar
128 calories from added sugar
16 oz Powdered Drink
11 teaspoons of sugar
176 calories from added sugar