Thanksgiving Dinner
Everyone knows Thanksgiving dinner is loaded with carbs, calories,
and fat. But how much sugar is on your plate? Pumpkin pie and candied
yams are obvious culprits, but you'd be surprised where else sugar
shows up.
Thanksgiving Meal
| Item |
Calories |
Sugar |
|
Stuffing |
160 |
2g |
|
Turkey Breast, 4 oz. |
142 |
0g |
|
Gravy |
25 |
1g |
|
Sweet Potato Casserole |
320 |
41g |
|
Dinner Roll |
110 |
4g |
|
1/2 Tbsp Butter |
50 |
0g |
|
Cranberry Sauce (canned) |
110 |
21g |
|
Green Beans |
30 |
2g |
|
Mashed Potatoes |
155 |
3g |
|
Pumpkin Pie w/ Whipped Cream |
340 |
31g |
| Totals |
1442 |
105g |
(Calories from sugar: 420) |
The whole-berry cranberry sauce contains about the same amount of
sugar as this popular gelatinous variety.
|
Ocean Spray
Jellied Cranberry Sauce
1/4 cup serving (70g)
Sugars, total: 21g
Calories, total: 110
Calories from sugar: 84
|
They're already sweet, but add brown sugar and
marshmallows and the sugar content goes way up.
|
Sweet Potatoes
Candied, with Marshmallow Topping
Sugars, total: 41g
Calories, total: 320
Calories from sugar: 164
(Serving size is 1/8th of casserole, prepared
with 1/4 cup brown sugar, 3 oz. frozen orange
juice concentrate, 25 large marshmallows,
and 45 oz. canned sweet potatoes in light
syrup, drained)
|
A boiled sweet potato tastes good and is much more healthy.
|
Sweet Potatoes (Plain, Boiled)
150g serving
Sugars, total: 8g
Calories, total: 115
Calories from sugar: 32
|
Not much sugar in here.
|
Campbell's Turkey Gravy
2 oz. serving
Sugars, total: 1g
Calories, total: 25
Calories from sugar: 4
|
About the same amount as a slice or two of
white bread.
|
Sarah Lee Dinner Roll
1 roll (40g)
Sugars, total: 4g
Calories, total: 110
Calories from sugar: 16
|
Even vegetables have small amounts of sugar.
|
Green Beans (Frozen)
81g serving
Sugars, total: 2g
Calories, total: 30
Calories from sugar: 8
|
Not bad at all. |
Stove Top Stuffing
Turkey Flavor
1/2 cup serving
Sugars, total: 2g
Calories, total: 160
Calories from sugar: 8
|
Adding milk will increase the sugar content
slightly.
|
Mashed Potatoes
(Homemade, prepared with milk
and butter)
167g serving
Sugars, total: 3g
Calories, total: 155
Calories from sugar: 12
|
Lots of sugar and calories in a small piece of
pie.
|
Marie Callender's Pumpkin Pie
1/8 of pie (128g)
Sugars, total: 30g
Calories, total: 320
Calories from sugar: 120
|
The whipped
cream really doesn't add much sugar.
|
Marie Callender's Pumpkin Pie
With whipped cream
1/8 of pie (128g) plus 2 Tbsp. Whipped Cream
Sugars, total: 31g
Calories, total: 340
Calories from sugar: 124
|
Holy cow! How did they manage to cram all that
sugar in there? (And 1300 calories?!)
|
Holiday Recipe Bonus
Many holiday baking recipes call for
sweetened condensed milk (not to be
confused with evaporated milk). Look at
how much sugar that small can contains.
Borden Eagle Brand
Sweetened Condensed Milk
14 oz. can
Sugars, total: 220g
Calories, total: 1300
Calories from sugar: 880
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