Na m e : _______________________________________ Date: _____________________
Directions: Read the labels below and answer the questions about these beverages.
Labels give a lot of important information about foods.
- Highlight the words that mean sugar in the chart. How many did you
highlight? ___
- Which beverage contains the most sugar? _____
- Which beverage has twice as many calories as Juicy Goose? __
- Which beverage has 60 calories less than Power Punch? _____
- Which beverage contains no added sugar? ____
- Which beverage contains carbonated water? ___
- Sugar is the first ingredient listed for __
- Which two beverages contain orange juice? ___
- If you drank 12 oz. of each beverage, how many calories would you consume?
- Which appears to be the healthiest beverage? __
Marcy is doing a science report on beverages. She has taken the labels from
four popular soft drinks. Labels tell a lot about food, how healthy a food is,
and how many calories it contains. Ingredients are listed in order from
greatest to least on the back of containers. Sugar is a common ingredient in
beverages. Sugar has many names, including sucrose, fructose, dextrose,
and corn syrup.
Beverage Ingredient #1 Ingredient #2 Ingredient #3 Ingredient #4 Caloriesper 12 oz.
Bubba Juice filtered water fructose pear juice orange juice 100
Power Punch sugar filtered water dextrose corn syrup 160
Smash corn syrup carbonated water raspberry juice sucrose 180
Juicy Goose distilled water orange juice apple juice peach juice 90
