7 Famous Fast-Food Beverages & Their Shocking Sugar Content

Sugar has a bad reputation in food and you probably try your best to avoid it.

For instance: You go to your favourite fast food joint and you’ve promised yourself to stay away from those greasy burgers and fizzy drinks so you choose a Frappuccino, a shake or a cocktail fruit juice — healthy (and brave), right? Not really.

It turns out that colas are only the face of 'sugary drinks' label. In reality, almost all fast-food chains serve drinks that are way more harmful than a can of Coca-Cola. According to the company's UK website, there’s 35g of sugar per 100ml of Coca-Cola Classic, that’s nothing when compared to some pretty famous coffee chains out there.

These neon-coloured beverages sure taste refreshing and look great in pictures but they often pack three times the amount of sugar that the FDA recommends daily.

To give you a clearer idea about how much sugar your favourite drinks contain, Business Insiderhas put together an eye-opening series of visuals in which 1 sugar cube represents 2.3 grammes of sugar.

The pictures show the largest size available at each chain. We’ve selected our favourites ones below and let’s just say – we’d rather devour a burger than sip on one of these. But that’s just us. You can always order smaller sizes and order wisely when you're in one of these places.