Today, July 11, is better known by some as "Free Slurpee Day" at 7-Eleven. Free food can be enticing, but is it worth it? I looked into Slurpee's nutrition facts and found that an 8 oz Slurpee has 18 grams of sugar, that's more than 2 grams of sugar per ounce! The free Slurpee offer is for their Small size, 12 oz, which will fill your cup with a whopping 27 grams of sugar. That's almost 7 teaspoons of sugar! Not to mention this isn't the pretty white sugar you bake with, the very first ingredient in a Slurpee is High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) which spikes your blood sugar, causes inflammation in the body and is toxic for your health. In addition to HFCS, a Slurpee includes other questionable ingredients including food dye and Sodium Benzonate, a possible carcinogen.
Let's just go back to the size of the drink. It really irks me that the nutrition info online is for an 8 oz Slurpee, yet the small cup is 12 oz. Do they even have an 8 oz cup??? I'll have to investigate and add an update. I'm sure the Small size sold out today, but on a typical day how many people go for the small over the larger sizes? Here's the breakdown of the calories and sugar in each size:
12 oz 98 calories, 27 grams of sugar
22 oz 178 calories, 50 grams of sugar
32 oz 260 calories, 72 grams of sugar
44 oz 358 calories, 99 grams of sugar
WOW!!!
So the bottom line is to think twice before reaching for free food because the effect it can have on your health may be pretty costly.
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