Which Drink Has The Most Sugar?

Problem:

The science fair project I chose was to see how much sugar is in different types of drinks. I chose this because I always wanted to know which drink had the most sugar.

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Hypothesis:

My hypothesis was I thought that coke would have more sugar.

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Procedure:

1. First I will weigh the pot in grams

2. Next I will weigh the liquid in grams

3. Then I will put the pot on the stove and boil the liquid

4. After that I will mix it until it until it has turned into syrup sugar.

5. Next I will weigh the pot with the sugar inside.

6. Last I will repeat the experiment three times for each drink.

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Abstract:

Which Drink Really Has The Most Sugar?

For my project I chose do see how much sugar is in various types of drinks. I chose this project because I always wanted to see which beverage had the most sugar since I like to drink sugary drinks myself. My hypothesis was I believed that soda was going to have the most sugar since on the label it is the most. I also thought that Gatorade was going to have the least since it is used for sports. For my experiment I dove deeper and instead of reading the label I actually boiled each drink.

For my experiment I used five drinks, apple juice, orange juice, lemonade, Gatorade, and Coke. I chose the drinks I thought would either have the most sugar, or the drinks no one realized how much sugar was in them. I used 10 cups of each drink. Once I measured the drinks I put them in a pan to boil them. After I set the stove to high I waited for the drinks to become gloppy. After they hardened out I weighed them in grams. Whichever one weighed the most was the one with the most sugar.

In my results I found out that orange juice had the most sugar. It won with having an 38g average. The drinks with the least amount of sugar were the Gatorade and apple juice, they tied with an 23g average. Lemonade had an average of 33g, and lastly the Coke with an 29g average.

I saw that with this experiment that all of my measurements were almost accurate with the labels on the bottles. Since I used 10 cups to boil some of the serving sizes were different from on the label, but mostly they were all correct. My hypothesis was half correct because I thought the Coke would have the most sugar, but it was the orange juice. The Gatorade and apple juice had the least which made my hypothesis partially correct. My experiment was mostly accurate because everything came out fine, but the serving sizes were all different so I got different results for each drink. If I could do my experiment again I would use the serving sizes on the labels instead of having them all set at ten. This would make it more accurate. All in all my experiment was accurate and I found out that orange juice had the most sugar. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>

Table:

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Graph:

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Conclusion:

In conclusion I saw that with this experiment that all of my measurements were almost accurate with the labels on the bottles. My hypothesis was half correct because I thought the Coke would have the most sugar, but the orange juice had the most. The Gatorade and apple juice had the least which made my hypothesis partially correct. If I could do my experiment again I would use the serving sizes on the labels instead of having them all set at ten. This would make it more accurate. All in all my experiment was accurate and I found out that orange juice had the most sugar.

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