Amount of sugar, calories in coke, pepsi might surprise you. How the war on sugar could affect coke and pepsis bottom. Classic chocolate frosty pick your poison here folks. Traditional and upmarket fizzy drinks such as ginger beer and cloudy lemonade contain more sugar than coca cola and pepsi, according to a. This is an unbiased comparison of the two of the most popular carbonated beverages in the world coke and pepsi. Many store shelves completely replaced the product with cocacola zero. A 20ounce bottle of sprite contains 64 grams of sugar. Though cokes average sugar content per 12oz sold isnt vastly higher than its competitors and in fact, its 27. How the war on sugar could affect coke and pepsis bottom lines. Jacketflap connects you to the work of more than 200,000 authors, illustrators, publishers and other creators of books for children and young adults. Pepsis marquee diet soda will no longer be sweetened with. There are 39 grams of sugar in a 12 oz cocacola can. A caramelized honey latte from starbucks not only has as much sugar as a can of coke, but, in fact, it has more.
Classic chocolate frosty has 27 grams of sugar and a small, the next size up, has 46. Soda has a lot less sugar if youre not in the united. How coke pushed rivals off the shelf the new york times. There are 39 grams of sugar in 12 ounces of cocacola and 41 grams of sugar in 12 ounces of pepsi. Cocacola c2 was a colaflavored beverage introduced by the cocacola company first in japan, then later on june 7, 2004 in the united states and shortly thereafter, canada, in response to the lowcarbohydrate diet trend. Pepsi only has 4 grams of sugar thats just less than a pound per dollar of ebit due to a more diversified beverage portfolio. This espresso, milk, and honey sauce blend contains an astounding 45 grams of sugar. Just one 330milliliter cocacola, pepsi, or 7up contained more than 25 grams of sugar, or about six teaspoons, which exceeds consumption recommendations in every country.
Why big soda is still struggling with stevia quartz. The other is that theyre sweetened with a combination of cane sugar. Hospitals across the us are removing sugary food and drinks from their. As malcom gladwell wrote in his 2005 book blink, in which he discusses the differences at length, pepsi, in short, is a drink built to shine in a. This coke product was marketed as having half the carbohydrates, sugars. Ever since coke and pepsi pep get report hit the shelves they have. If you drink an 8ounce can of pepsi, you will consume 100 calories and 27 grams of sugar. If you pick up a 14ounce bottle of coke, you will consume 170 calories and 46 grams of sugar. A 20fluidounce serving of cocacola contains 65 grams of sugar. Instead of sugar, they are sweetened with artificial sweeteners like aspartame. What is the sugar content in 12 ounces of pepsi and 12. Diet pepsis new recipe is hitting store shelves, the company said monday. San francisco, which stopped selling sugarsweetened drinks on its. In spite of winning in blind taste wars, pepsi is less popular around the world with a few notable exceptions like india.