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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by philliphaydon on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @01:10AM (#17290847)
Yeah. Look at them. Because the vast majority have added sugar. That’s my point is it’s more common for fruit juices to have added sugar than to be 100%. Which doesn’t help parents who think they are doing good by buying juice rather than coke for their kid.
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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by emmanuel_1234 on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @01:16AM (#17290874)
Even though it doesn't matter. Freshly squeezed juice from your garden have about 114g of carbs / liter (of which 90g of sugar). Coke has 110g of carbs / liter (all sugar).

Yes, coke has more sugar, but it's the same order of magnitude, fruit juice, even freshly squeezed from pure organic oranges is very much comparable to soda.

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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by raarts on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @02:02AM (#17291036)
Fruits are the sweets of nature. Don't eat too much of them.
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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by mkl on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @03:26AM (#17291363)
Fruit is okay, but fruit juice is another story. Without the fibre it's digested quite differently and is not very good for you.
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Re:American toddlers are eating more sugar than the amount r... by Sargos on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @02:20PM (#17296248)
Where do you live? I'm from the US and here it's very easy to find 100% juice as that's the most advertised kind and is on the "prime shelf" at the store. It's usually printed in a central spot on the label near the logo. The added sugar juices became very unpopular years ago when sugar got its current bad reputation.
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