ASF: Sugar Shocker: Snack foods adding to your sugar addiction

Madison Ward

Here are some popular college snacks that are actually adding unhealthy amounts of sugar to your diet considering the recommended amount of sugar is 30 grams a day. Keep in mind the numbers listed below are per serving size.

1) Canned or packaged fruit 

Motts Apple Sauce (cinnamon or original): 1 small serving cup (113 g) = 22-23 grams sugar, 100 calories

2) Pudding

Hunt’s Snack Pack Pudding, Chocolate Mud Pie: 1 snack pack = 20 grams sugar, 130 calories

3) Snack Cakes

Hostess Ho Hos: 3 cakes = 42 grams sugar, 370 calories

4) Muffins

Otis Spunkmeyer Chocolate Chip Muffins: 1 muffin (4 ounces) = 32 grams sugar, 420 calories

5) Cereal Bars

Quaker Oatmeal to Go, Brown Sugar Cinnamon: 1 bar = 19 grams sugar, 220 calories

6) Instant Hot Cereal

Quaker Instant Oatmeal, Cinnamon Roll: 1 envelope = 13 grams sugar, 160 calories

7) Breakfast Cereal

Frosted Mini-Wheats (all the different flavors are pretty much the same): 1.8 ounces = 12 grams sugar, 180 calories

8) Jarred Spaghetti Sauce

Prego 3-Cheese: 1/2 cup = 11 grams sugar, 80 calories

9) BBQ Sauce

Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey Barbecue Sauce: 2 tablespoons = 15 grams sugar, 70 calories

10) Chocolate Milk

Nesquick Fat Free Chocolate Milk: 16 ounces = 54 grams sugar, 300 calories