Amount of Sugar in Various Kinds of Soft Drinks
Reported Values — Sorted by Percentage of Sugar
To put these data in perspective, pay attention to the
standard deviations as well as the averages. For example, if there is a type
of soft drink that was tested by six people and has an average of 14.70 g
of sugar per can with a standard deviation of ±18.80 g, that is a meaningless
number. On the other hand, if there is a type of soft drink that was tested
by 109 people and has an average of 46.67 ±2.84 g of sugar per can, that
number is a much more reliable indication of the amount of sugar in that
soft drink.
Also, the actual list of substances that have been tested is rather
long. However, many of those substances have only been tested one or
two times. Thus, to shorten the list shown here, only the substances that
have been tested at least 5 times are included.
| Type of Soft Drink | No. of Tests |
Avg. % Sugar |
Avg. gm/Can |
Std. Dev. (gm) |
Avg. tsp/Can |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 Mt. Dew‚ Diet | 10 | 1.42 | 5.14 | ±9.33 | 1.16 |
| 21 Dr. Pepper‚ Diet | 8 | 1.56 | 5.54 | ±12.51 | 1.24 |
| 80 Tahitian Treat | 6 | 1.90 | 7.10 | ±15.89 | 1.59 |
| 53 Pepsi‚ Diet | 21 | 2.60 | 9.52 | ±15.62 | 2.14 |
| 8 Coke‚ Diet | 10 | 2.63 | 9.64 | ±15.84 | 2.16 |
| 15 Cola‚ RC | 5 | 9.70 | 35.95 | ±16.58 | 8.06 |
| 25 Ginger Ale‚ Canada Dry | 8 | 10.24 | 37.72 | ±1.70 | 8.46 |
| 20 Dr. Pepper | 83 | 10.80 | 39.86 | ±5.45 | 8.94 |
| 77 Sprite | 49 | 10.89 | 40.14 | ±2.93 | 9.01 |
| 73 Sierra Mist | 8 | 10.91 | 40.32 | ±2.58 | 9.05 |
| 7 Coke‚ Classic | 61 | 11.01 | 40.68 | ±6.20 | 9.13 |
| 57 Pepsi‚ Wild Cherry | 20 | 11.37 | 42.07 | ±2.81 | 9.44 |
| 51 Pepsi | 92 | 11.39 | 42.12 | ±3.34 | 9.45 |
| 69 Seven Up | 11 | 11.39 | 42.12 | ±2.46 | 9.45 |
| 52 Pepsi‚ Caffeine-Free | 8 | 11.40 | 42.19 | ±2.69 | 9.46 |
| 79 Surge | 6 | 11.93 | 44.25 | ±2.74 | 9.93 |
| 68 Root Beer‚ Mug | 14 | 11.96 | 44.35 | ±2.76 | 9.95 |
| 6 Coke‚ Cherry | 5 | 11.98 | 44.42 | ±1.23 | 9.97 |
| 49 Orange Pop‚ Sunkist | 15 | 12.15 | 45.16 | ±4.90 | 10.13 |
| 61 Root Beer‚ A & W | 14 | 12.25 | 45.53 | ±4.69 | 10.21 |
| 62 Root Beer‚ Barqs | 5 | 12.36 | 45.85 | ±0.81 | 10.29 |
| 30 Hawaiian Punch | 6 | 12.53 | 46.61 | ±1.68 | 10.45 |
| 39 Mt. Dew | 128 | 12.58 | 46.77 | ±2.65 | 10.49 |
| 40 Mt. Dew‚ Code Red | 8 | 12.64 | 47.04 | ±1.52 | 10.55 |
| 48 Orange Pop‚ Minute Maid | 6 | 12.97 | 48.31 | ±1.85 | 10.84 |