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
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.
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…