A three-dimensional glass standing on a digital kitchen scale. Sugar pours into the glass and the scale shows the weight in grams.
Coca-Cola
- Drinks
- Soft drinks
How much sugar is in Coca-Cola?
One 355 ml serving contains 38.4 g of sugar. That works out at roughly 9–10 sugar cubes, or 77 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
- Brand
- Coca-Cola
- Serving
- Can · 355 ml
- Sugar per 100 ml
- 10.8 g
- Market
- United States
About Coca-Cola
This is the standard cola, shown here in the 12 fl oz (355 ml) can that most people picture when they think of it. Every gram of carbohydrate it declares is sugar, because there is nothing else in the can that could account for it. That is also what makes it such a useful yardstick: to judge whether a drink is sweet, it helps to have something familiar to hold it against.
Is that a lot of sugar?
Concentration
Medium sugar
10.8 g of sugar per 100 ml. The UK front-of-pack scheme calls a drink low up to 2.5 g and high above 11.25 g per 100 ml.
In one serving
A meaningful share of a typical day
The 355 ml serving carries 38.4 g — 77 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
Overall composition
Nutri-Score E
Computed by Open Food Facts using the published Nutri-Score algorithm. Not assigned or endorsed by the manufacturer.
Nutri-Score grades the whole nutritional composition per 100 — energy, sugars, saturated fat and salt against fibre, protein and fruit or vegetable content — on a scale from A to E. It is a European front-of-pack scheme. It rates a product, not a diet, and says nothing about how much of it you drink.
Concentration follows the UK Department of Health front-of-pack thresholds for total sugars. The serving reading follows the WHO orientation value for free sugars. Nutri-Score is reproduced from the source named above. All three are applied mechanically to the declared figures for the market shown. None of them is a judgement about the product, and none is medical or dietary advice — what a given amount of sugar means for you depends on your whole diet and circumstances.
Nutrition facts for Coca-Cola
| Per | 100 ml | 355 ml |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 162 kJ / 39 kcal | 575 kJ / 138 kcal |
| Fat | 0 g | 0 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 10.8 g | 38.4 g |
| of which sugars | 10.8 g | 38.4 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.03 g | 0.11 g |
What is in Coca-Cola?
Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, phosphoric acid, natural flavors, caffeine.
Soft drinks compared
Mtn Dew
Can · 355 ml
46g
about 11–12 sugar cubes
13 g sugar / 100 ml
Dr Pepper
Can · 355 ml
39g
about 9–10 sugar cubes
11 g sugar / 100 ml
Coca-Cola
Can · 355 ml
38g
about 9–10 sugar cubes
10.8 g sugar / 100 ml
Sprite
Can · 355 ml
38g
about 9–10 sugar cubes
10.7 g sugar / 100 ml
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Can · 355 ml
0g
0 sugar cubes
0 g sugar / 100 ml
Same market only — figures for another country are not comparable. Sorted by sugar per serving.
Common questions about Coca-Cola
- How much sugar is in Coca-Cola?
- One 355 ml serving contains 38.4 g of sugar, which is 10.8 g per 100 ml.
- How many sugar cubes is that?
- Roughly 9–10 cubes at 4 g each, or 77 % of the WHO orientation value of 50 g of free sugars a day.
- How many calories are in Coca-Cola?
- One 355 ml serving provides about 138 kcal (575 kJ).
- What Nutri-Score does Coca-Cola have?
- Nutri-Score E, as computed by Open Food Facts using the published algorithm. It rates the nutritional composition per 100, not a whole diet.