Think Your Drinkand Sugar Cube Activity
• To engage kids in a fun and creative way to “THINK ABOUT THEIR DRINK!”
• Create visuals to leave lasting impressions
• Make nutrition messages come alive
• To promote milk and dairy foods that are naturally nutrient rich!
• Teach children to make healthy choices early on so they will carry those habits with them throughout their lives.
THINK YOUR DRINK
THINK YOUR DRINK ACTIVITY
Guess the added tsp of sugar in each drink!
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Answers
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How did we get from grams of sugar to cubes of sugar?
4 grams sugar
=
“1 tsp” or “1 cube”
of sugar
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White Milk has 12 grams of natural
lactose sugars.
“0” grams of added sugars
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Chocolate Milk has
25 grams of “total” sugar -12 grams lactose sugars= 13 grams of added sugars
13 grams / 4 grams = 3 tsp added
sugar
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Soda has39 grams sugar /4gm = 10 cubes or 10 tsp of sugar
THINK YOUR DRINK ACTIVITY
39 grams sugar
/ 4gm= 10 tsp of sugar
4 grams sugar
= 1 tsp
or 1 cube of sugar
Best Wishes for a Healthy School Year
