It’s a good idea to keep an eye on the amount of sugar in your diet. Natural sugar, the kind found in apples or potatoes, is better for you than added sugar, which is in soda and baked goods. It is recommended that no more than 10% of calories each day should come from added sugars. This equals to about 200 calories or 12 teaspoons based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Food labels list the amount of total sugar, but check the ingredients to see if sugar was added. (Look for words like “fructose,” “sucrose,” or “corn sweetener.”)
Mustard has only a tiny amount of sugar. So if you’re on the fence about whether to put ketchup or mustard on your hot dog, this might help you decide.
1 ketchup packet + = 1.91g sugar;
1 mustard packet = 0.05g sugar
