Think Your Drink and Sugar Cube Activity. To engage kids in a fun and creative way to “THINK ABOUT THEIR DRINK!” Create visuals to leave lasting impressions.

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Think Your Drink and 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!

Answers

How did we get from grams of How did we get from grams of sugar to cubes of sugar?

4 grams sugar = “1 tsp” or “1 cube” of sugar

White Milk White Milk has 12 grams of natural lactose sugars. “0” grams of added sugars

Chocolate Milk has 25 grams of “total” sugar - 12 grams lactose sugars added = 13 grams of added sugars 13 grams / 4 grams = 3 tsp added sugar

Soda has 39 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