By Wade Sellers For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 03:24 GMT, 19 February 2019 | Updated: 03:24 GMT, 19 February 2019
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A science teacher has revealed exactly how much sugar is in the soft drinks being sold to school kids around Australia.
Jacob Strickling, who teaches at Green Point Christian College on the Central Coast of New South Wales, made the startling video to make parents aware of the amount of sugar in canteen fizzy drinks.
After evaporating an entire 600ml bottle of Berts Creaming Soda on a Bunsen burner, he discovered that kids were gulping down a whopping 50 grams of sugar.
The video shows Mr Strickling pouring out the drink into a glass tumbler before placing it on a Bunsen burner that evaporates the drink for well over two hours.
The vibrant red colour morphs into a thick, black,
