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Pepsi
- Drinks
- Soft drinks
How much sugar is in Pepsi?
One 355 ml serving contains 41 g of sugar. That works out at roughly 10–11 sugar cubes, or 82 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
- Brand
- Pepsi
- Serving
- Can · 355 ml
- Sugar per 100 ml
- 11.6 g
- Market
- United States
About Pepsi
The other cola, and the one that makes the comparison interesting. A 12 fl oz can carries 41 g of sugar against Coca-Cola's 39 g, a difference small enough that nobody would ever taste it. What the two really share is the shape of the answer: one can covers most of a day's orientation value on its own.
Is that a lot of sugar?
Concentration
High sugar
11.6 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 41 g — 82 % of the 50 g daily orientation value.
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 Pepsi
| Per | 100 ml | 355 ml |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 177 kJ / 42 kcal | 627 kJ / 150 kcal |
| Fat | 0 g | 0 g |
| of which saturates | 0 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 11.6 g | 41 g |
| of which sugars | 11.6 g | 41 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g |
| Salt | 0.02 g | 0.07 g |
How much caffeine is in Pepsi?
Per 355 ml
38mg
11 mg per 100 ml.
What is in Pepsi?
Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, sugar, phosphoric acid, caffeine, citric acid, natural flavor.
Soft drinks compared
Mtn Dew
Can · 355 ml
46g
about 11–12 sugar cubes
13 g sugar / 100 ml
Pepsi
Can · 355 ml
41g
about 10–11 sugar cubes
11.6 g sugar / 100 ml
Dr Pepper
Can · 355 ml
39g
about 9–10 sugar cubes
11 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 Pepsi
- How much sugar is in Pepsi?
- One 355 ml serving contains 41 g of sugar, which is 11.6 g per 100 ml.
- How many sugar cubes is that?
- Roughly 10–11 cubes at 4 g each, or 82 % of the WHO orientation value of 50 g of free sugars a day.
- How much caffeine is in Pepsi?
- One 355 ml serving contains about 38 mg of caffeine, which is 11 mg per 100 ml.
- How many calories are in Pepsi?
- One 355 ml serving provides about 150 kcal (627 kJ).