Znirk wrote:
For Coca Cola, the published amount of carbohydrates is 27g per 240 ml, which comes to A Tad More Than 100g per liter. Of course, "cane" sugar (sucrose) is only one type of carbohydrate, and I'm under the vague and undocumented impression that a lot of the sugar in Coke is fructose.
Well, in the United States, where corn syrup is cheaper than real sugar, Coke is made with the cheap stuff. I understand that in Europe that corn syrup is still more expensive than sugar. In other (hotter) continents, cane is much easier to cultivate, and thus cheaper.
But you didn't ask about Coke. You asked about soda. Since the word "soda" can refer to unsweetened carbonated water, my nitpickish final answer is: Zero.
The reason why I used the word soda is that I wanted to avoid brand names.
I'm giving you a mod point, because "
zero"
was my intended answer (at least, for the US). I never understood what 150 calories meant anyway, or 7.
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The reason to ask the question was that I used to drink lots of that stuff, and I never really understood why I had bad teeth. But do I understand correctly that there are about 10 teaspoons of sugar (or syrup) in one can?
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Nowadays I drink mostly water and (non-sugared) tea.
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Most people here don't drink the US cokes since their new non-recyclable packaging, which make the same amount of liquid 50% more expensive than the older ones. The local variants turned out to be lots cheaper, with similar tastes.
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*) For more information about corn syrup, read
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HFCS
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