Meet the Sugar Detectives

Lesson: Science

Class: Year 3 Year: 2016 - 2017

Think Before You Drink!

Did you know that children should have no more than 24g of sugar per day?

Following our visit to Tesco last week, we decided to investigate just how much sugar there is in our favourite drinks. We read the nutritional information to find out the sugar content in grams. Then we weighed out the amount in real sugar. We were surprised by the amount of sugar in apple juice and fruit smoothies because we predicted they would be healthier. Did you know apple juice can have up to 11g of sugar per 100ml?  

Here is what we found out: least to most amount of sugar per bottle 

Water - 0g

Fanta - 17g

Fruit Smoothie - 26g

Coke - 27g

Chocolate Milk - 28g

Ribena - 29g

Vimto - 29g

Volvic Fruit Water - 31g

7up - 36g

Apple Juice - 44g

Lucozade - 48g