10 SUGAR-CONTAINING PRODUCTS YOU DON'T SUSPECT

1. Pasta Sauces

They taste salty, but many sauces contain 6 to 12 grams of sugar per serving. That’s about the same amount of sugar in a serving of chocolate chip cookies.

2. Granola Bars

Ingredients like corn syrup, brown sugar, honey, molasses, glucose, and fructose are all sources of sugar. And if the bar is also covered in chocolate, the total sugar content can reach 8 to 12 grams per bar.

3. Yogurt

Yogurt is full of calcium and protein, but even low-fat yogurt can contain 17 to 33 grams of sugar per serving. That’s about the same amount of sugar as 2 scoops of chocolate ice cream.

4. Instant Oatmeal

Oatmeal is a good breakfast choice, but the sugar content in 1 bag can reach 10 to 15 grams. It’s better to make your own oatmeal.

5. Cornflakes

Many popular breakfast cereals made from oats, corn, and bran can contain 10-20 grams or more of sugar per serving.

6. Energy drinks

Most energy drinks are high in sugar, combined with caffeine. Some have up to 25 grams of sugar per serving.

7. Canned fruits

For example, tangerines in syrup contain about 39 grams of sugar per serving.

8. Iced tea

You know that juices are high in sugar (for example, a glass of apple juice has 24 grams). But many popular iced teas contain even more sugar. On average, about 32 grams of sugar.

9. Dried fruits

100 grams of raisins contain more than 25 grams of sugar. 100g of fresh grapes contain 15g of sugar.

10. Ketchup

1 tablespoon (15g) of ketchup contains about 4g of sugar. It is better to replace ketchup with mustard – it contains about 1g of sugar per tablespoon.