Fast food Sweet tea calories

TJFireworks
TJFireworks Posts: 11 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Can someone explain why there are numerous logs of a large sweet tea from a fast food restaurant at 220 to 280 but when you go on the company’s website it’s listed significantly lower at 160 ? Please help..

I also checked 3 other fast food restaurant websites for their large sweet teas and not as high as 220 or 280.

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  • Cbean08
    Cbean08 Posts: 1,092 Member
    The person who entered the data added additional sugar?

    The database is user generated so the entries aren't always accurate for others to use. Look for entries with a blue check mark next to them as that denotes an entry that has been verified for accuracy.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    Someone entered it wrong, or left off additional info that would have explained it. You can correct them if they aren't verified, or create a new, correct entry.
  • DomesticKat
    DomesticKat Posts: 565 Member
    You will find that this is fairly common because the database is created by other users. Even verified entries can be wrong if the restaurant or manufacturer updates an item, so it's best to double check and then edit or create your own entry with nutritional information from the restaurant.
  • flagrantavidity
    flagrantavidity Posts: 218 Member
    edited June 2018
    There is also the possibility that at one time there were intact more calories in sweet tea at some point. It may be just me but the sweet tea at MCD used to taste like you were drinking sugar water, it’s doesn’t taste as sweet today - I don’t have facts to back this up of course.
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