How Much Sugar is in the Milk?

Our milk label from a classmate's milk container.

April 14, 2011 we "borrowed" a milk container left over from lunch.  We found out that according to the nutritional facts on the milk, that it contains 26g of sugar in 250mL of chocolate milk.  We were amazed.  Some of us thought that because our milk is Canadian, that it wouldn't have as much sugar as American milk, but we were wrong.  We also know, that milk has lactose which is sugar that belongs naturally in the milk.

We thought this wasn't a big deal at first until we started to compare how much sugar is in other things we eat and drink.

We went to a popular Canadian donut restaurant that is named after a hockey player via a virtual field trip and looked up the nutritional information of the healthiest donut we could find.  We found a pumpkin spice donut had 22g of sugar while the chocolate glazed donut had 20g.  That means we could eat a chocolate donut and get less sugar than our so-called healthy milk.

So, who do we have to talk to in order to change the milk choices?  We made a list of possible people we need to educate about the milk.  We will keep you posted.