Friday 27 May 2022 05:13 PM Pina coladas contain as much sugar as EIGHT Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts trends now
Just one glass of pina colada contains as much sugar as eight Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts or six full-size Reese's peanut butter cupcakes, health statistics reveal while a margarita contains as many calories as two cans of coke.
DailyMail.com analyzed the calorie and sugar content of more than 20 popular cocktails and summer drinks on dietitian website Nutritionix — which claims to be the largest nutrition database globally — and official sources.
It showed that a pina colada is the most calorific and sugar-laden cocktail available by far, with about 650 calories — equivalent to a Big Mac — and 84 grams of sugar in a single glass.
But a Bud Light Lime-A-Rita — a margarita plus lime-flavored beer — came second with almost twice as many calories as a 190-calorie glazed doughnut, while a typical margarita came third with calories equivalent to two 139-calorie coke cans.
Dr Leah Kaufman, a dietitian at NYU Langone, told DailyMail.com that cocktails contained so many calories because of the sugary syrups used to make them.
Alcohol content in the drinks also bumped up the calorie counts, she warned, but that even drinking mocktail versions would not drastically reduce the total.
A pina colada contains as much sugar as eight glazed Krispy Kreme doughnuts, while a margarita contains as many calories as two cans of coke
Nutritionix's database is based on information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which keeps a tab on the nutrition labels of foods and drinks sold in the country.
It also includes data from manufacturers and restaurants on how many calories, and how much sugar and other substances a product contains.
Their data showed that a pina coladas calorie count was followed by Lime-A-Rita with 330 calories in one can, and about 30 grams of sugar. In the classic margarita, there were up to 300 calories as well as 19 grams of sugar.
A frozen strawberry daiquiri was the fourth most calorific drink included in the analysis, which also had about 300 calories per glass and a higher 27 grams of sugar.
On the other end of the scale, were White Claw seltzer's with each flavor — including Blackberry, Blood Orange and Strawberry — containing about 100 calories and two grams of sugar.
Pimms is second from the bottom with about 141 calories per glass and 15 grams of sugar, followed by a Bud Light beer at 147 calories a pint with 8.8 grams of sugar.
Other popular drinks on the list included the Long Island Iced Tea (260 calories, 11 grams sugar), which has a calorie equivalent to nearly two cans of coke.
An Aperol Spritz has about 209 calories and 21 grams of sugar — or one-and-a-half cokes — while a Gin and
