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  • The 20 Least Healthy Drinks in America

    Editor July 26th, 2024

    Check out some of the most unhealthy beverages in America... and maybe it will turn you into a water drinker!  

    (If you could not view the pdf, here is the summary in plain-text form):

    Worst "Water":

    Snapple Agave Melon Antioxidant Water (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
    155 calories
    0 g fat
    33 g sugars.

    Sugar Equivalent: 2 Good Humor Chocolate Eclair Bars

     

    Worst Bottled Tea:

    SoBe Green Tea (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
    240 calories
    0 g fat
    61 g sugars.

    Sugar Equivalent:  4 slices of Sara Lee Cherry Pie

     

    Worst Energy Drink:

    Rockstar Energy Drink (1 can, 16 fl oz)
    280 calories
    0 g fat
    62 g sugar

    Sugar Equivalent: 6 Krispy Kreme Origincal Glazed Doughnuts

     

    Worst Bottled Coffee:

    Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino (1 bottle, 13.7 fl oz)
    290 Calories
    4.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated)
    45 g sugar

    Sugar Equivalent: 32 Nilla Wafers

     

    Worst Soda:

    Sunkist (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
    320 calories
    0 g fat
    84 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 6 Breyers Oreo Ice Cream Sandwiches

     

    Worst Beer:

    Sierra Nevada Bigfoot (1 bottle, 12 fl oz)
    330 Calories
    0 g fat
    32.1 carbohydrates
    9.6% Alcohol

    Carbohydrate Equivalent: 12-pack of Michelob Ultra

     

    Worst Kids' Drink:

    Tropicana Tropical Fruit Fury Twister (1 bottle, 20 fl oz)
    340 calories
    0 g fat
    60 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: Two 7-ounce canisters of Reddi-whip

     

    Worst Functional Beverage:

    Arizona Rx Energy (1 can, 23 fl oz)
    345 calories
    0 g fat
    83 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 6 Cinnamon Roll Pop-Tarts

     

    Worst Juice Imposter:

    Arizona Kiwi Strawberry (1 can, 23 fl oz)
    345 calories
    0 g fat
    81 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 7 bowls Froot Loops

     

    Worst Espresso Drink:

    Starbucks Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz)
    660 calories
    22 g fat (15 g saturated)
    95 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 8 1/2 scoops Edy's SlowChurned Rich and Creamy Coffee Ice Cream

     

    Worst Lemonade:

    Auntie Anne's Wild Cherry Lemonade Mixer (32 fl oz)
    470 calories
    0 g fat
    110 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 11 bowls of Cookie Crisp cereal

     

    Worst Hot Chocolate:

    Starbucks White Hot Chocolate with Whipped Cream (venti, 20 fl oz)
    520 calories
    16 g fat (11 g saturated)
    75 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 9 Strawberry Rice Krispie Treats

     

    Worst Frozen Coffee Drink:

    Dairy Queen Caramel MooLatte (24 fl oz)
    870 calories
    24 g fat (19g saturated, 1 g trans)
    112 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 12 Dunkin Donuts Bavarian Kreme Doughnuts

     

    Worst Margarita:

    Traditional Red Lobster Lobsterita (24 fl oz)
    890 calories
    0 g fat
    183 g carbohydrates

    Carbohydrate Equivalent: 7 Almond Joy candy bars

     

    Worst Float:

    Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Soda (vanilla ice cream and cola) (large, 28.6 fl oz)
    960 calories
    40 g fat (25 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)
    136 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 9.7 Fudgsicle fudge bars

     

    Worst Frozen Fruit Drink

    Krispy Kreme Lemon Sherbert Chiller (20 fl oz)
    980 calories
    40 g fat (36 g saturated)
    115 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 16 medium-size chocolate eclairs

     

    Worst Frozen Mocha

    Cosi Double Oh! Arctic Mocha (gigante, 23 fl oz)
    1,210 calories
    19 g fat (10 g saturated)
    240 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 41 Oreo Cookies

     

    Worst Drive-Thru Shake:

    McDonald's Triple Thick Chocolate Shake (large, 32 fl oz)
    1,160 calories
    27 g fat (16 g saturated, 2 g trans)
    168 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 13 McDonald's Baked Hot Apple Pies

     

    Worst Smoothie:

    Smoothie King Peanut Power Plus Grape (large, 40 fl oz)
    1,498 calories
    44 g fat (8 g saturated)
    214 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 20 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups

     

    WORST BEVERAGE IN AMERICA:

    COLD STONE PB&C (Gotta Have It size, 24 fl oz)
    2,010 calories
    131 g fat (68 g saturated)
    153 g sugars

    Sugar Equivalent: 30 Chewy Chips Ahoy Cookies

    In terms of saturated fat, drinking this Cold Stone catastrophe is like slurping up 68 strips of BACON!  Health experts recommend capping your saturated fat intake at about 20 grams per day, yet this beverage packs more than three times that into a cup the size of a Chipotle burrito. But here's what's worse: No regular shake at Cold Stone, no matter what the size, has fewer than 1,000 calories. If you must drink your ice cream, make it one of the creamery's "Sinless" options. Otherwise you'd better plan on buying some bigger pants on the way home.

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