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In our vegetable section, we pointed out that carrots have sugar.
This prompted some angry emails, accusing us of scaring people away
from eating their veggies. Here, we offer a bit of perspective,
comparing the sugar you get from eating carrots vs. some popular
sugary foods and drinks. |
Note:
Our calculations for this section are based on USDA nutritional data for raw
carrots, where 100g carrots contains 4.7g sugar. Some numbers are rounded off. |
You'd have to eat about 3 pounds of carrots to
equal the sugars in one bottle of Coca-Cola.
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Coca-Cola
20 oz. bottle
Sugars, total: 65g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 1.383kg
Or approximately 3 lbs
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Break me off a piece of that... bushel of carrots
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Snickers Bar
King Size, 93.3g
Sugars, total: 54g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 1.149kg
Or approximately 2 lbs., 8 oz.
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Might be hard to fit that many carrots in a
lunch bag...
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Twinkies
Two Cakes, 85g
Sugars, total: 35g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 745g
Or approximately 1 lb, 10 oz.
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A bunch of carrots - the breakfast of
champions.
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Cherry Pop Tart
1 Pastry (1 Serving, 52g)
Sugars, total: 17g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 362g
Or approximately 12.75 oz.
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A bit of an apples and oranges comparison, to be sure, but people
don't realize the sugar content of fruit juice.
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Orange Juice
8 oz. Serving
Sugars, total: 24g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 511g
Or approximately 1 lb, 2 oz.
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If Ben & Jerry's has a carrot cake flavor, that
doesn't count..
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Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch
1/2 cup (104g) serving
Sugars, total: 26g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 553g
Or approximately 1 lb, 4 oz.
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Four carrots or three cookies - your call.
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Oreo Cookies
1 serving, 3 cookies (35g)
Sugars, total: 14g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 298g
Or approximately 10.5 oz.
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Of course, the carrots don't have the guarana
and caffeine.
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Rockstar Energy Drink
16 oz. can (2 servings)
Sugars, total: 62g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 1.319kg
Or approximately 3 lbs
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Hard to compete with candy-coated candy that's all the colors of the
rainbow...
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Skittles
1 bag (2.6 oz.)
Sugars, total: 47g
Equivalent amount of carrots: 1kg
Or approximately 2 lbs., 3 oz.
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