Think Your Drinkand 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!

3 10 6 00

Answers

3 10 6 00

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

4 grams sugar

=

“1 tsp” or “1 cube”

of sugar

3 10 6 00

White Milk has 12 grams of natural

lactose sugars.

“0” grams of added sugars

3 10 6 00

Chocolate Milk has

25 grams of “total” sugar -12 grams lactose sugars= 13 grams of added sugars

13 grams / 4 grams = 3 tsp added

sugar

3 10 6 00

Soda has39 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

Best Wishes for a Healthy School Year