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Quiz: Which Food Is Higher in Sugar?

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It's time to get sugar savvy! Can you guess which food is higher in sugar? The amount of sugar in these healthy and not-so-healthy choices might surprise you! Take our quick quiz and find out. Plus, we've got simple swaps and tips for cutting sugar.
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Doughnut vs. Canned Tomato Soup

Donuts or Tomato Soup?

Can you spot the sugar shocker?

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Sugar Shocker: Canned Tomato Soup

Donuts or Tomato Soup?

One can of condensed tomato soup packs 24 grams of sugar, while a medium doughnut clocks in at 18 grams.

  • Healthy Swap: Homemade Tomato Soup

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Chocolate Candy Bar vs. Dried Cranberries

Chocolate or Cranberries?

Snack time! Which is higher in sugar?

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Sugar Shocker: Dried Cranberries

Chocolate or Cranberries?

A cup of sweetened dried cranberries boasts a whopping 72 grams of sugar! That's as much as 3-1/2 milk chocolate bars!

Healthy Swap: Fresh Fruit

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Ice Cream vs. Ketchup

Ketchup or Ice Cream?

Sweet or savory? Which is the sugar shocker?

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Sugar Shocker: Ketchup

Ketchup or Ice Cream?

Don't pass the ketchup! Cup vs. cup, ketchup has 21 more grams of sugar than vanilla ice cream.

  • Healthy Swap: Salsa

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Canned Pineapple vs. Chocolate Chip Cookie

Pineapple or Cookie?

This choice is obvious, right?

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Sugar Shocker: Canned Pineapple

Pineapple or Cookie?

Not so fast! Packed in heavy syrup equals loaded with sugar! One cup of canned pineapple in heavy syrup has 43 grams of sugar, compared with 15 grams for a large chocolate chip cookie.

Healthy Swap: Fresh Pineapple or canned pineapple packed in water.

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Peanuts vs. Peanut Butter

Peanuts or Peanut Butter?

Creamy or crunchy? Which is the sugar shocker?

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Sugar Shocker: Peanut Butter

Peanuts or Peanut Butter?

Don't go nuts for peanut butter. One cup contains 18 more grams of sugar than a cup of raw peanuts.

Healthy Swap: Natural Nut Butters

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Fruit Smoothie vs. Cupcake

Cupcake or Smoothie?

Of course the cupcake is higher in sugar, right?

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Sugar Shocker: Fruit Smoothie

Cupcake or Smoothie?

Yikes! A 20-ounce commercial fruit smoothie packs 85 grams of sugar. That's more sugar than soda, candy, and this cupcake (37 grams).

  • Healthy Swap: Homemade Smoothie

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Skim Milk vs. White Wine

Milk or Wine?

Which drink is higher in sugar?

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Sugar Shocker: Skim Milk

Milk or Wine?

Not all sugar is bad! A cup of skim milk contains 12 grams of sugar plus vitamins A and D. White wine weighs in at just 1 gram of sugar per glass.

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Coleslaw vs. Baked Beans

Beans or Coleslaw?

Potluck party foul: Which dish is a sugar shocker?

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Sugar Shocker: It's a Tie!

Beans or Coleslaw?

Both dishes have about 15 grams of sugar. A one-cup serving is equivalent to a small doughnut.

  • Healthy Swap: Grilled Corn

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Gummy Worms vs. Raisins

Raisins or Gummiworms?

Sweet snacks: Which has more sugar?

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Sugar Shocker: Raisins

Raisins or Gummiworms?

Shockingly enough, a cup of packed raisins has more sugar than any other item in the quiz with 98 grams. Steer clear of the candy -- it, too, has over 90 grams per cup.

Healthy Swap: Fresh Grapes

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Soda vs. Grape Juice

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Drink disaster! Which is higher in sugar?

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Sugar Shocker: Grape Juice

coke or grape juice?

One cup of grape juice will have you sipping 36 grams of sugar compared with 22 grams in 8 ounces of soda.

Healthy Swap: Skip both sugary drinks or cut your juice with water.

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    1 of 20 Doughnut vs. Canned Tomato Soup
    2 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Canned Tomato Soup
    3 of 20 Chocolate Candy Bar vs. Dried Cranberries
    4 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Dried Cranberries
    5 of 20 Ice Cream vs. Ketchup
    6 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Ketchup
    7 of 20 Canned Pineapple vs. Chocolate Chip Cookie
    8 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Canned Pineapple
    9 of 20 Peanuts vs. Peanut Butter
    10 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Peanut Butter
    11 of 20 Fruit Smoothie vs. Cupcake
    12 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Fruit Smoothie
    13 of 20 Skim Milk vs. White Wine
    14 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Skim Milk
    15 of 20 Coleslaw vs. Baked Beans
    16 of 20 Sugar Shocker: It's a Tie!
    17 of 20 Gummy Worms vs. Raisins
    18 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Raisins
    19 of 20 Soda vs. Grape Juice
    20 of 20 Sugar Shocker: Grape Juice

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