Average American consumes this much sugar per day

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IF YOU’VE GOT A SWEET TOOTH, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SUGAR YOU EAT IN A YEAR?

A NEW STUDY REVEALS THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CONSUMES NEARLY 80 POUNDS OF SUGAR.

CONDUCTED BY TALKER RESEARCH ON BEHALF OF HINT WATER, THE POLL OF 2,000 AMERICANS FOUND THAT THE AVERAGE PERSON INGESTS 99 GRAMS OF SUGAR PER DAY, WHICH IS MORE SUGAR THAN WHAT’S IN TWO TWELVE-OUNCE CANS OF SODA. 

THAT’S OVER 36,000 GRAMS OF SUGAR PER YEAR.

HOWEVER, RESULTS SHOW MOST (85%) PEOPLE SAY THEY ARE ACTIVELY WORKING TO REDUCE THEIR SUGAR INTAKE. 

WHICH MAKES SENSE CONSIDERING THAT 34 PERCENT ADMITTED THE MAJORITY OF THEIR LIQUID INTAKE ON A REGULAR DAY COMES IN THEIR MORNING COFFEE. 

AND 28 PERCENT SAY THEIR LIQUID INTAKE IS MOSTLY MADE UP OF SODA.

Survey methodology:

This random double-opt-in survey of 2,000 general population Americans was commissioned by Hint Water between May 30 and June 3, 2024. It was conducted by market research company Talker Research, whose team members are members of the Market Research Society (MRS) and the European Society for Opinion and Marketing Research (ESOMAR).