Things I tripped over on my way to the internet

Few months old but still relevant from the NYT.

My wife and I were just discussing this this morning and I remembered seeing this recently and looked it up. This doesn’t really tell the whole story because the real question is, how much sugar is too much?

Various googling reveals that the USDA recommends no more than 8% of the daily caloric intake should come from “refined” or “added” sugar. So how much is that?

According to the Sugar Stacks site (linked above), one of those sugar cubes is about 4 grams which equals 16 calories. For a child with, say, a 1500 calorie daily diet that would be 7 or 8 cubes. However, calorie needs for children can fluctuate wildly.

Also, check out the How Much Sugar in Snack Foods page. Those yogurt-covered raisins have less sugar than the same serving of real raisins!