How Much Sugar Is in Food and Drinks - Sugar Test Tube Display Kit - 10 Tubes with Teaching Brochure
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How Much Sugar Is In My Food and Beverage - Test Tubes - Visual Aid - Sugar Tube Display - Shock Your Patients With Sugar
A tabletop display kit of 10 sealed test tubes showing the teaspoons of added sugar in 10 popular foods and drinks, such as soda, cookies, cereal and ice cream. For health fairs, classrooms and clinics, high school through adult. Includes a brochure with teaching ideas, plus a PDF copy emailed after checkout.
How Much Sugar? The Sugar Test Tube Set demonstrates to students and adult consumers how much sugar is actually added to various foods and how added sugar contributes to overweight and obesity. Looking at these dramatic tubes will help everyone understand how the average American eats about 17 teaspoons of added sugar a day, well over the limit of about 12 teaspoons!
This test tube set displays the amount of sugar in the following 10 popular foods:
- soda pop
- milk chocolate bar
- gelatin dessert
- brownie
- chocolate chip cookie
- pancake syrup
- toaster pastry
- apple pie
- vanilla ice cream
- sweetened breakfast cereal
Amounts are shown in teaspoons, so consumers can get a clear visual of how much sugar is added to processed food. This set comes with a brochure with information and teaching ideas. Store away from high heat or sunlight. Tubes are 4/5 inches in size, with one tube being about 1 inch.
There are so many ways you can use your tubes.
- You can display real food next to each tube.
- Or add more beverages and have consumers measure out the sugar to go next to each one.
- Compare an apple to an apple pie or an apple toaster pastry for a great lesson on the difference between refined and whole foods.
PLUS PDF brochure sent via email upon paid order.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this for?
Dietitians, diabetes educators, school nurses, and health-fair coordinators who want a dramatic sugar visual.
What grade or age level is it for?
High school through adult, and strong for senior and patient audiences.
How is it used?
At health-fair tables, in classroom demos, and in clinic waiting areas. Pair each tube with the real food, or have people measure out the sugar themselves.
What does it teach?
How much added sugar is hidden in common foods and drinks, shown in teaspoons, and how added sugar relates to weight and diabetes risk.
What guidelines does it reference?
The added sugar limit of about 50 grams (12 teaspoons) a day, which is 100% Daily Value on the Nutrition Facts label and less than 10% of calories (World Health Organization). The brochure also covers the newest Dietary Guidelines advice of no more than 10 grams of added sugar per meal.
What products pair well with it?
It is most often bought with the How Much Salt and How Much Fat tubes to complete a sugar, salt, and fat table, plus the Sugar Math tearpad and poster and the Are You Drinking Candy materials.
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