• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        That one can’t be real. There’s more sugar than could physically fit in the coke can. Like no liquid, just sugar, there’s more than 12oz of sugar.

        • 𝓜𝓲𝓪@quokk.au
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          1 month ago

          There’s 39 grams of sugar in a a coke can. Sugar is water soluble and 90% of the can is water that can absorb the 10% of sugar.

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            1 month ago

            Hmmm, look at the labels. They each say something something “100”.

            Not the right language, but maybe something like per 100? Like per 100 grams of water? Or… something about volume?

            IDK, it would be a weird way to do it. But something like that might explain why so much sugar, seemingly more than can fit in the can.

            Sugar is heavy, there’s no way 39 grams is the same size as the can

            Edit: gandalf seems to have the right idea here! https://sh.itjust.works/comment/24686999

            Edit2: wait, a can has 300+ grams of fluid in it… So the sugar would be 1/3 of what the whole can would be. This actually makes the picture more confusing 🤔

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            Behold, 39 grams of sugar. About one shot glass worth.

            Here’s that glass next to a can. I don’t have any soda pop in the house.