Coffee-shop pumps add ~10 g of syrup each. Three pumps in a latte are 90 kcal you do not taste as a meal. SSBs caused 9.8% of new T2D cases globally in 2020 (Lara-Castor et al., Nat Med 2025). Per 100 g: 290 kcal, 74.9 g sugar.
How should I track Syrups, sorghum?
Syrups, sorghum is high in magnesium. The trickiest part about tracking Syrups, sorghum is that small portions pack a lot of calories, and most people estimate sweet portions poorly. Research (Almiron-Roig et al., Appetite 2013) found that calorie-dense foods are underestimated by 50–200% when portioned by eye. Weighing on a scale takes the guesswork out. And here is the mindset shift that helps: tracking sweets is not about guilt. It is about awareness. When you log a treat honestly, you can plan around it and still hit your targets for the day.