Beverages

Aim for more: Water, unsweetened coffee, unsweetened tea

Aim for less: Sugar-sweetened beverages

NOTE: Fruit drinks commonly consumed in Hawaiʻi include canned beverages such as pass-o-guava nectar, lilikoi passion, passion orange, lilikoi lychee, strawberry lilikoi, strawberry guava nectar, mango orange, and luau punch; fruit punch syrup concentrates; and refrigerated carton beverages including POG (passion-orange-guava). 

Choose Often

  • Added Sugar: 0 g
  • Sodium: 0 mg
  • Saturated Fat: 0 g

Examples:

  • Water, unsweetened coffee, unsweetened tea
  • Beverages with zero grams of saturated fat, zero grams of added sugar, and zero milligrams of sodium

Choose Sometimes

  • Saturated Fat: 0 g
  • Sodium: 1-140 mg
  • Added Sugar: 1-11 g

Examples

  • Diet drinks, such as diet sodas and no sugar-added energy drinks

Choose Rarely

  • Saturated Fat: ≥1 g
  • Sodium: ≥141 mg
  • Added Sugar: ≥12 g

Examples:

  • Soda
  • Sweetened teas
  • Energy drinks
  • Sugar-sweetened beverages