Revealed: The so-called 'healthy' foods that contain up to FIVE TIMES the amount of sugar found in a Krispy Kreme doughnut

A new study makes some hard-to-swallow comparisons between some seemingly healthy foods and the deep-fried sugary treat

Packaged vegetable juice, yogurt and Vitamin Water contain up to five times as much sugar as a Krispy Kreme doughnut, an eye-opening new study has revealed.

Health conscious consumers are likely to shun the sweet treats but Credit Suisse discovered some seemingly healthier options are actually more sugar-laden than the deep fried rings.

Of a list of 15 foods—some healthier than others— the delicious doughnut, which contains 10 grams of sugar, is actually the least sweet. Above it are some surprising products with shocking amounts of sugar. 

Sweet: Golden brown and irresistible Krispy Kreme doughnuts are a sugary treat probably best eaten in moderation. But other products that seem like healthy alternatives can actually contain far more sugar

Near the top is a salad from California Pizza Kitchen that contains a hard to swallow 45 grams—or four and a half doughnuts worth—of sugar.

Odwalla Superfood juice has even more—just 12 ounces of the fruit-based smoothie contains 50 grams of sugar. That is the equivalent of a shocking five Krispy Kremes.

 

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Even a bottle of Vitamin Water, despite its healthy-sounding name, contains 33 grams of sugar per 20 ounce bottle, or 3.3 Krispy Kremes.

Other beverages on the list include 8oz of Tropicana orange juice, which clocks in at over twice the sugar of a Krispy Kreme with 22 grams.

Healthy? Yogurt has become a go to health snack, but be warned that a 6 ounce Yoplait Original--like many naturally sweetened yogurts--contains over twice the sugar of a Krispy Kreme

Surprise: Several common beverages contain much more sugar than a Krispy Kreme, like Vitamin Water, which contains 33 grams of sugar. Odwalla Superfoods contains 50 grams of sugar, the equivalent of five Krispy Kreme doughnuts

SWEET STAKES: KRISPY KREMES ARE SURPRISINGLY LESS SUGARY THAN MANY 'HEALTHIER' FOODS

1. Luna Bar Berry Almond = 1.1 Krispy Kremes
2. Grande Starbucks Latte = 1.7 Krispy Kremes
3. Subway 6" Sweet Onion Teriyaki Chicken Sub = 1.7 Krispy Kremes
4. 8oz Tropicana 100% Orange Juice = 2.2 Krispy Kremes
5. Yoplait Original Yogurt = 2.7 Krisy Kremes
6. 20oz Vitamin Water = 3.3 Krispy Kremes
7. Sprinkles Red Velvet Cupcake = 4.5 Krispy Kremes
8. California Pizza Kitchen Thai Chicken Salad = 4.5 Krispy Kremes
9. Odwalla Super Food 12oz Smoothie = 5 Krispy Kremes

And a grande latte from Starbucks contains 17 grams of sugar, the same as 1.7 Krispy Kremes.

Also seemingly healthy but still full of sugar are fruity yogurts like Yoplait Original, which contains 27 grams per 6 ounces. That equates to 2.7 of the popular doughnuts.

The Credit Suisse study focused on sweeteners, which doctors recommend should always be used in moderation, and not at other nutritional benefits.

A doughnut, of course, lacks some of the vitamins and minerals present in fruit juices. 

The study also notes: 

'While medical research is yet to prove conclusively that sugar is the leading cause of obesity, diabetes type II and metabolic syndrome, the balance of recent medical research studies are coalescing around this conclusion.'

Not my salad! Even salad can have sugar. Many dinner salad dressing pack a sweet punch and with 45 grams of sugar, the California Pizza Kitchen Thai Crunchy salad is no exception

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2421381/Yogurt-salad-fruit-juice-oh-Shocking-foods-contain-far-sugar-Krispy-Kreme-doughnut.html#ixzz2f0KcVIEi 
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