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