Notes:(1) Total added sugars includes all corn derived sweeteners plus edible syrups and honey, which showed up on the graph near zero so I did not include them.
(2) All corn sweeteners include High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glucose, Dextrose, and Corn Sweeteners.
Source for both: USDA/Economic Research Service 2006 data, http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/FoodConsumption/
4 comments:
Thanks for initiating and monitoring this blog. The graphs on sugar consumption was fascinating and confirmed my suspicions regarding corn-based sweeteners. I'll continue to check the blog for updates.
- Peggy C
Well done! I was contemplating writing just such a post when I stumbled across the sugar data on the USDA web site (lots of fun stats there...).
I wonder if there are statistics on fruit consumption too. That probably drops like a rock.
I'm glad this is useful information. Let me know if you find some other info that would be worth highlighting.
There is a recent article that discusses the fruit consumption at foodnavigator-usa.com (new post). Will see if I can generate any good graphics.
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