A VISUAL SUGAR LEDGER

SUGAR, MEASURED.

Pick the products the world actually eats and drinks. We stack the sugar inside them, cube by cube, against the WHO daily guideline.

PRODUCTS
35
CATEGORIES
5
WHO IDEAL / DAY
25 g

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Select products

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The stack

The glass · every cube is 4 g of your selection

PICK PRODUCTS AND WATCH THE CUBES DROP · DRAG TO STIR

The skyline · one tower per product · 1 cube = 4 g

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    How to read it

    4 g

    ONE SUGAR CUBE

    Every cube drawn on this page is one standard 4-gram sugar cube, about one level teaspoon.

    25 g

    WHO IDEAL LIMIT

    The World Health Organization says free sugars are best kept under 5% of daily energy, about 25 g for an average adult.

    50 g

    WHO UPPER LIMIT

    The firm WHO recommendation is under 10% of daily energy, about 50 g. One can of cola gets you most of the way there.

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    WHERE THE DATA IS FROM

    Total sugars per labeled serving, from manufacturer nutrition labels (US labels where available), checked August 2026. Recipes vary by country and change over time.