How many sugar cubes' worth of sugar is in an 18.5 oz bottle of Gold Peak sweet tea?
About 17 sugar cubesAn 18.5 oz bottle of Gold Peak sweet tea has about 68 g of sugar, and one cube is 4 g.
It takes about 17 sugar cubes.
How we worked it out
An 18.5 oz bottle of Gold Peak sweet tea has about 68 g of sugar, and one cube is 4 g. Standard 4 g sugar cubes. Sugar amounts from nutrition labels and USDA data. Real life adds a little friction and waste, so treat the number as a solid ballpark rather than a lab result. The constants behind every experiment are on the science page.
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