• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      11 days ago

      That one can’t be real. There’s more sugar than could physically fit in the coke can. Like no liquid, just sugar, there’s more than 12oz of sugar.

      • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
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        11 days ago

        There’s 39 grams of sugar in a a coke can. Sugar is water soluble and 90% of the can is water that can absorb the 10% of sugar.

        • hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works
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          11 days ago

          Hmmm, look at the labels. They each say something something “100”.

          Not the right language, but maybe something like per 100? Like per 100 grams of water? Or… something about volume?

          IDK, it would be a weird way to do it. But something like that might explain why so much sugar, seemingly more than can fit in the can.

          Sugar is heavy, there’s no way 39 grams is the same size as the can

          Edit: gandalf seems to have the right idea here! https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24686999

          Edit2: wait, a can has 300+ grams of fluid in it… So the sugar would be 1/3 of what the whole can would be. This actually makes the picture more confusing 🤔

          Edit 3:

          Behold, 39 grams of sugar. About one shot glass worth.

          Here’s that glass next to a can. I don’t have any soda pop in the house.

          • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
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            11 days ago

            I hope I’m not wrong as well! I did my best research (I googled) and looked at the nutritional labels (100% 39g of sugar).

      • teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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        11 days ago

        16 to 20 teaspoons of sugar or the equivalent, in a 16 oz pop I’ve read. Can you imagine putting 10 teaspoons of sugar in a cup of coffee?