He says it is the perfect ratio of salty to sweet, and only over
a teaspoon of sugar per serve, which is a lot less than most conventional sweets.
Half
a teaspoon of sugar per serve versus six teaspoons of sugar per serve... we know which ones we'll go for.
Our Chocolate Coco - Nutty Granola is just as crunchy, but without almost three
teaspoons of sugar per serve.
After hearing the concerns of the HISD Nutrition Services Parent Advisory Committee, our school food department informed us yesterday that it has already reduced the number of times juice is served to our children from five days a week to three, that it's switching over to a lower - sugar (but not artificially sweetened) juice, and that it's entirely eliminating Craisins (which contain six
teaspoons of sugar per serving) from the breakfast menu.
In one popular brand, making that switch could save you nearly two
teaspoons of sugar per serving.
Granola products marketed for children appear to be the worst, and they have been found to add more than 2 1/2
teaspoons of sugar per serving!
To put it into perspective, the average flavored yogurt has between 15 and 20 grams of sugar, which equals 3.75 to 4.5
teaspoons of sugar per serving.
Not exact matches
Although this holds true for this original Cooking Light recipe as well, it does give more than 16
servings (so about 1
teaspoon butter
per serving and a tablespoon or so
of sugar).
Also there are only 2 Tablespoons
of raw [low glycemic] coconut
sugar in the icing, so that works out to less than a
teaspoon per serving, but feel free to omit the icing!
If a flavored all - natural peanut butter lists
sugar or salt as the top (or one
of the first few) ingredients, be cautious as this typically translates into several
teaspoons per serving.
With only 3/4
teaspoon of sugar per 45g
serve, this was somehow the sweetest granola we tried!
Ours has just 1/4
teaspoon of sugar per 40g
serve, with nutritious ingredients like almonds, oats and little sorghum puffs.
It has vanilla and rice malt syrup to sweeten it up, but only comes to half a
teaspoon of sugar per 50g
serve.
Yogurt provides a healthy source
of calcium and protein, but many fruit - flavored varieties are also packed with
sugar — as much as 44 grams, which is 11
teaspoons,
per 8 - ounce
serving.
The «vanilla» flavor
of Silk almond milk contains 16 grams
of sugars per serving, which is equivalent to about 4
teaspoons of table
sugar.
Never mind how, with three
teaspoons of sugar per cup, one
serving of chocolate milk supplies the maximum daily amount
of added
sugar for children ages four to eight, as recommended by the American Heart Association.
FYI — canned peaches packed in extra light syrup provide two fewer
teaspoons of added
sugar per serving than peaches packed in heavy syrup.
Thus, a 12 - oz soda can contains about 10
teaspoons of added
sugar per serving, whereas it's recommended to take not more than 9
teaspoons for men
per day and 6 for women to prevent obesity, which is a heart disease risk factor.
Most health - conscious parents are well aware
of the dangers
of soda, with its 10 to 12
teaspoons of health - eroding
sugar per serving, corrosive phosphoric acid, and copious amounts
of nerve - wrecking caffeine.
You state that cheerios have a tablespoon
of sugar per serving, but the nutrition label on the side
of the package says 1 gm
sugar per serving - which I think is only about 1/4
teaspoon of sugar.
Even juices made with no added
sugars contain around 16 - 24 grams
of sugar per serving — the equivalent to 4 - 6
teaspoons of sugar in just 1
serving of juice!
You start out with flax seeds, blueberries, coconut milk or rice milk, carrots, zucchini, onion, beets, kale, shiitake mushrooms, butternut squash, broccoli, mixed greens, chia seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, broccoli with orange oil and lemon juice, pear, apple, citrus zest (orange oil or lemon oil), 1
teaspoon of brown
sugar / honey / agave nectar
per serving, and the spices / condiments listed above.
Cheerios Protein contains 16 or 17 grams
of sugar (4
teaspoons)
per 1 1/4 cup
serving (or about 13 grams
per one cup
serving).
It has six
teaspoons of added and natural
sugars per serving, and high levels
of saturated fats.