Don’t Drink So Much Fucking Coke!

A comparison of sugar and saturated fat content of perceived healthy and unhealthy foods in relation to Recommended Daily Intake (RDI)

Sam Lloyd & Nick Ingall

Nutrient Reference Value used in %DIEnergy 8700KJProtein 50gFat 70gSaturated fat 24gCarbohydrate 310gSodium 2300mgSugars 90gDietary fibre 30g

Recommended Daily Intake (RDI)•The RDI values are based on an average adult's daily requirement of 8700kJ. %DI is based on the recommended amounts of energy and nutrients needed for an average adult diet to meet their nutritional needs. Judged by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). The percentages are calculated based on the below figures:

Sugar content of popular drinks - What 100ml looks like...

MEDIUM GOULBOURN VALLEY ORANGE JUICE

MOUNT FRANKLIN 600ml

600ml COKEMcDONALDS MEDIUM CHOC SHAKE

RED BULL 250ml

Sugars per 100ml: 10.8gSugars per 100ml: 12g

Sugars per 100ml: 10.6g Sugars per 100ml: 8g Sugars per 100ml: 0g

What 100% of your DRI for sugar looks like...

Sugar content of fruit and veg – what 100g looks like...

Sugars per 100g: 10.39g

Pink lady apple

sugars per 100g: 2.2gBroccoli

Sugars per 100g: 1.81 g

Celery

Orange

Sugars per 100g: 9.3g

Sugars per 100g: 1.98g

Mushroom

What 100% of your DRI for sugar looks like...

Saturated fat content of perceived unhealthy foods – What 100g looks like

Saturated fat content per 100g: 5.3gMcDonalds Big Mac

Dominoes Meat Lovers Pizza

Saturated fat content per 100g: 4.7gHungry Jacks Whopper

Oporto Bondi Burger

KFC Double Down - WTF

Saturated fat content per 100g: 1.8gSaturated fat content per 100g: 5.8g

What 100% of your RDI for saturated fat looks like...

Saturated fat content of perceived healthy foods – What 100g looks like...

Subway Italian BMT 6" Lean Cuisine Butter Chicken

Noodle Box Beef and Black Bean Sauce

Sumo Salad Chicken Caesar

Saturated fat content per 100g: 3.6g Saturated fat content per 100g: 1.3g

Saturated fat content per 100g: 2.8g

Saturated fat content per 100g: 1.2g

What 100% of your RDI for saturated fat looks like...

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