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How much sugar is in a can of soda?

joedirt says...

Yes, sucrose is di-saccharide, but is chemically bonded glucose and fructose. HFCS is a chemical product of a vat of some corn byproduct and enzymes to either convert glucose, or strip apart natural sucrose. But HFCS just means high fructose content and it is a liquid, so we're comparing dry sugar by weight (and it absorbs moisture) to liquid HFCS..

Wikipedia:

Common commercial grades of high fructose corn syrup include fructose contents of 42%, 55%, or 90%. The 55% grade is most commonly used in soft drinks and equivalent to caster sugar.

Unlike sucrose, HFCS consists of a mixture of glucose and fructose, which doesn't require an enzymatic step to break it down before absorption in the intestine.


So in this case sucrose is 50% fructose, HFCS is 55% fructose. Pretty close.

How much sugar is in a can of soda?

mauz15 says...

Correct me if I'm wrong. Sucrose is basically glucose and fructose. If in the video, the 39g of sucrose were equal to aprox. 8 teaspoons, then the amount of HFCS will be between 12 and 15 teaspoons in a 12 oz can?

How much sugar is in a can of soda?

joedirt says...

well except that NO soda actually contains table sugar (sucrose).
They all have tons of high fructose corn syrup. (the exception is Coke put out during Passover)



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