How sweet it is
Posted by: Barbara Bibel
We are concerned about eating well. Watching the amount of sugar that we consume is an important part of this. We can read labels to find out how much sugar something contains, but that is hard to picture. Sugar stacks provides a visual image that makes it more concrete. http://www.sugarstacks.com/ lets users see the amount of sugar in popular foods by stacking an equivalent number of sugar cubes next to the item. A Starbuck’s Mocha Frappuccino has 46 grams, 12 cubes! Even things that are good for you have sugar. A serving of baby carrots or beets has the equivalent of one cube. The site gets its nutrition information from labels and the USDA. It does not distinguish between the various types of sugar (sucrose, fructose, etc.) even though they are metabolized differently. This is a great way for people to learn something about what they eat.
