Comments on: Shocking: Sugar Content of Common Food Products

By: Darya Pino

Darya Pino — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:34:02 +0000

Over time I stopped liking the ones loaded with sugar. Half and half is sweet enough for me

By: alison

alison — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:26:20 +0000

Soo…………could you tell us a really good starbucks drink that is sugar free and taste just as good as one loaded with sugar???

By: Roxana

Roxana — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:35:52 +0000

good point, these vitamin waters are sooo tricky. I wonder why people drink them instead of water with fresh lemon for example

By: Paul Grimsrud

Paul Grimsrud — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:29:13 +0000

Not all sugars are created equal. Sugars differ in their glycemic index, the rate they enter the blood. This dramatically affects the bodies insulin response. Insulin resistance is thought to be a major cause of diabetes and metabolic syndrome

By: JB

JB — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:22:40 +0000

Wow – I agree with what you and lots have said — I’m not shocked that Starbucks, etc. have lots of sugar – but I am SHOCKED that Starbucks has MORE sugar than KRISPY KREME!! WOW. Good to know….

From now on when I eat dessert – I’ll do it intentionally!

By: Marcinoman

Marcinoman — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 11:00:07 +0000

I’m astonished that a Thai Chicken Salad can have that much sugar. I’m gutted!

By: Elena

Elena — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:35:33 +0000

Yoplait yogurt tends to have a lot more sugar than other yogurts that I like to eat. I personally grimace if I have a taste of it and I prefer more tones of flavor than just overwhelming sugar. I do not believe all yogurts have as much sugar, it varies by brand so the best thing you can do is probably look at the labels.

By: Shila

Shila — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:55:43 +0000

Great post Darya! Since I’ve been watching sugar, I’ve also noticed added sugar in sauces and salad dressings too. The best thing to do is (other than scrutinize labels) is to make foods, especially treats, from scratch.

We also did a post on sugar on the foodia blog (http://foodia.org/blog/2010/10/the-sweet-life/) when we noticed the same thing–lots of sugar and not only in dessert.

By: Drew @ How To Cook Like Your Grandmother

Drew @ How To Cook Like Your Grandmother — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:39:27 +0000

Choob, you know this wasn’t a clinical trial, right? Criticizing the “methodology” of it is completely missing the point.

Lots of food products are marketed based on a single dimension — sometimes calories, sometimes fat, sometimes carbs. The fact that a single number can never tell you everything about a food is exactly the point of the list.

By: choob

choob — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 19:14:59 +0000

Don’t pay too much mind to this, the methodology is idiotic. The author focuses on one variable at the exclusion of all other variables – a very ignorant basis on which to make any meaningful conclusion.