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Sweet surprises: How much sugar is in your favourite foods?

The sugar content of ice cream might not surprise you, but what about cereal—or vitamin water?
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Canadians eat an astounding 88 pounds of sugar per year—it’s about one in every five calories we consume. But while the sugar content of sweet treats like ice cream might not surprise us, what about that of cereal—or vitamin water? 

Check out the sugar content of some of your favourite foods below, and read more in ’Death by sugar,’ our cover story on how the cherished ingredient could be making us sick.

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