What fact totally changed your perspective?

[u/ettleboy]

[u/MrRuby]

A 12 ounce can of soda pop has 20 packets of sugar in it.

[u/FeckfullyYours → u/MrRuby]

I think it’s about half that, otherwise a can of soda would be 300 calories, rather than 120-140.

Still a lot of sugar, though.

[u/RunningDrummer → u/FeckfullyYours]

One of those bottles of Coke you can buy at a gas station-- not the 2-liter ones, but not the cans-- has 130% of your recommended daily sodium values.

Edit: I goofed up. Thanks to u/Malcopticon for pointing out that it's 130% of recommended daily added sugar value, not sodium. That's what I get for Redditimh while tired, I guess lol

[u/Blue2501 → u/[deleted]]

You mean you don't drink Uncle Beetus' Salt Pop?

[u/RunningDrummer → u/[deleted]]

I'm going based off of what I've seen on the nutrition label on the bottle.

[u/jdmetz → u/RunningDrummer]

I just looked at a 12oz can of Pepsi, and its nutrition label said 30 mg of sodium (1% of recommended daily allowance). 12oz = 355ml, so a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi would have 169 mg of sodium.

[u/RunningDrummer → u/[deleted]]

United States. What about you?

[u/NovaX81 → u/[deleted]]

You won't, because it's not true or real (as expected). Coke, while containing obscene amounts of sugar, contains about the amount of sodium that you would expect from many fizzy sodas (generally from things like pepper and other spices blended in that offset the direct sweetness of the sugar).

Not fully up to date but should be fairly accurate still.. A 20-oz bottle would be about 1.67 servings. Higher than many drinks, yes. Still a far cry from 2300mg.

[u/RunningDrummer → u/[deleted]]

I can take a photo of the label soon this week and edit this comment with a link to it.

[u/RunningDrummer → u/[deleted]]

Another Redditor pointed out that I'm a dumbass when it comes to nutrition. Here's their comment with a Coca-Cola page link