Sugar Check

Features Sugar Check

This is an app intended to give folks an idea of how much sugar is being packed into the foods and beverages we consume.
Food companies currently aren't required to show the Percent Daily Value of sugars.
I think if they were required to do so people would see the insane amount we are actually ingesting.
The calculation is based off of the World Health Organization's (WHO - The United Nations public health arm) recommendation of about 25 grams per day for an adult.
Just type in the amount of sugar in grams and press the GO!
button.
The app will show you the Percentage Daily Value for sugar that the items represents.

For example, a can of soda has about 33g of sugar.
That comes out to be 132% of your daily value.
We all know that too much sugar isn't good for us.
Sometimes just looking at the amount isn't enough.
I think comparing that amount to what is recommended might help us make better food and drink decisions.