How Much Sugar Is In My Food and Beverage - Test Tubes - Visual Aid - Sugar Tube Display - Shock Your Patients With Sugar

How Much Sugar? The Sugar Test Tube Set demonstrates to students and adult consumers how much sugar is actually added to various foods and how added sugar contributes to overweight and obesity. Looking at these dramatic tubes will help everyone understand how the average American actually consumes almost 1 cup of sugar a day!

This test tube set displays the amount of sugar in the following 10 popular foods:

1. soda pop
2. Hershey bar
3. Jell-O
4. brownie
5. chocolate chip cookie
6. pancake syrup
7. Pop Tart
8. apple pie
9. vanilla ice cream
10. Froot Loops or Lucky Charms cereal

Amounts are shown in teaspoons, so consumers can get a clear visual of how much sugar is added to processed food. This set comes with a brochure with information and teaching ideas. Store away from high heat or sunlight. Tubes are 4/5 inches in size, with one tube being about 1 inch.

There are so many ways you can use your tubes.

• You can display real food next to each tube.
• Or add more beverages and have consumers measure out the sugar to go next to each one.
• Compare an apple to an apple pie or an apple toaster pastry for a great lesson on the difference between refined and whole foods.

PLUS PDF brochure sent via email upon paid order.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who is this for?
Dietitians, diabetes educators, school nurses, and health-fair coordinators who want a dramatic sugar visual.

What grade or age level is it for?
High school through adult, and strong for senior and patient audiences.

How is it used?
At health-fair tables, in classroom demos, and in clinic waiting areas. Pair each tube with the real food, or have people measure out the sugar themselves.

What does it teach?
How much added sugar is hidden in 10 common foods and drinks, shown in teaspoons, and how added sugar relates to weight and diabetes risk.

What guidelines does it reference?
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (limit added sugars to under 10% of calories) and World Health Organization added-sugar guidance.

What products pair well with it?
It is most often bought with the How Much Salt and How Much Fat tubes to complete a sugar, salt, and fat table, plus the Sugar Math tearpad and poster and the Are You Drinking Candy materials.