Well, the results are in. The absolute most sugary drinks may not always be the soda or energy drinks that you think. In fact, some of the drinks with the most sugar actually may be marketed as "healthy" drinks. Take a look at the list below:
9. Minute Maid Cranberry Grape (1 bottle)
Per 8oz: 38 grams
15.2oz bottle: 72.2 grams
Note that the bottle says only “25% Fruit Juice”. Also, cranberry drinks often have a lot of added sugar because cranberry is a very bitter fruit.
8. Newman’s Own Limeade
Per 8oz: 34 grams
Per 16oz: 68 grams
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This drink may not have any high fructose corn syrup, but still produces a huge blood sugar spike.
7. Vitaminwater Multi-V (1 bottle, 20 oz)
125 calories
0 g fat
33 g sugars
As long as companies continue to sell multivitamin pills and your sink's faucet keeps spitting out tap water, you have no excuse to ever uncap one of these faux health drinks.
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This bottle has more sugar than a Snickers bar, so if you must indulge, opt for something from Vitaminwater's calorie-free Zero line.
6. Rockstar Energy Drink (1 can, 16 fl oz)
280 Calories
0g Fat
62g Sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 6 Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
5. Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino (1 bottle 13.7 fl oz)
290 Calories
4.5g fat (2.5g saturated)
45g sugars
Sugar Equivalent 32 Vanilla Wafers
4. SoBe Green Tea (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
40 calories
0 g fat
61 g sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 4 slices Sara Lee Cherry Pie
Leave it to SoBe to take an otherwise healthy bottle of tea and inject it with enough sugar to turn it into dessert.
The Pepsi-owned company’s flagship line, composed of 11 flavors with names like “Nirvana” and “Cranberry Grapefruit Elixir,” is marketed to give consumers the impression that it can...
cleanse the body, mind, and spirit. Don’t be fooled. Just like this bottle of green tea, all of these beverages are made with two primary ingredients: water and sugar.
3. Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (1 can, 23 fl oz)
345 Calories
0g Fat
81g Sugar
Sugar Equivalent: 7 bowls of Fruit Loops
2. Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (20fl oz)
660 Calories
22g Fat
95g Sugars
Sugar Equivalent: 8 1/2 scoops Edy’s Slow Churned Rich and Creamy Coffee Ice Cream
1. Smoothie King The Activator Strawberry (32 oz)
834 calories
1.5 g fat (0 g saturated)
134 g sugars
Judging solely by name, you'd think this beverage were some sort of metabolism-boosting superfruit, but in reality it's a hyper-sweetened smoothie filled out with 550 calories of pure sugar.
In Smoothie King's defense, it also delivers nearly 30 grams of protein, but that's not nearly enough to justify the caloric impact.
Unless you you're a body builder looking to maximize your caloric intake, leave this blended beverage behind the counter.
