Most people who think about their diet, try to limit calories consumed to normalize weight. To do this, you need to create a suitable diet program that will take into account the maximum that a person eats during the day. In some cases, the program requires taking into account absolutely all the food consumed. Calculation of calorie content of tea with sugar per 100 grams is required when a person wants to control literally all aspects of his diet. But is it really necessary?
What are the components of the calorie content of tea
The ordinaryness of tea as a drink makes a person perceive its nutritional value as something inconsequential. However, many drink this drink several times a day, generously flavoring with all kinds of additives that improve the taste and add beneficial properties. That is why the issue of the nutritional value of tea, both separately and with additional components, must be considered.
The final calorie content of tea per 100 grams - both with sugar and without sugar - is influenced by several factors in the complex:
- Tea fermentation technique. It is known that black tea is the most high-calorie, and green, white and other types can be called dietary.
- The form of processing to which the tea has been subjected also has an effect on energy value. Maximum calorie leaf. Then at least the nutritional value of tea bags.
- The amount of additives used to make the drink. For 100 grams of calorie tea with sugar and additives, 10-20% can be parts of other plants, pieces of fruit, caramel and milk.
Thus, when calculating, you need to rely, first of all, on which drink you use.
Calorie-free tea without sugar
First of all, we are interested in the very basis of a brewed sugar-free drink: calorie content per 100 grams of tea in leaf form is 151 kcal. A loose loose leaf is already a little more valuable in calories, 130 kcal is its limit. Soluble and granular are at an average level in value - about 100-110 kcal per 100 grams. Least of all calories is in packaged teas: maximum - 90 kcal.
But you should not think that packaged tea, therefore, is the most useful for people who control weight. It contains much less nutrients and does not replenish the body with vitamins and antioxidants that can be found in leaf.
The calorie content of tea with sugar, depending on the type
Above, we examined the calorie content of dry tea per 100 grams. The calorie content of tea with sugar in the form of infusion is much lower, since most substances remain in the tea leaves and do not get into the drink. In addition, you must take into account the fermentation of brewed dry tea.
Black tea
It is the product of the most intensive fermentation. As a result of this process, the composition of the final product contains completely different substances than in the feedstock. The more intense the fermentation process is, the more calories are generated in the feed.
Tea infusion in its pure form has an average of 3-5 kcal per 100 ml, provided that 1 teaspoon of dry weight is brewed. But since most people drink a drink from large cups of 200 ml each, this value can be increased by 2 times. Thus, when using one cup of sweetened tea, a person gets up to 70 kcal.
The composition of tea with sugar and calorie content per 100 grams will determine how useful it will be to drink it during the diet. Sugar as an additive has exceptional nutritional value. When a person puts a couple tablespoons of sugar in tea, he increases the total number of calories in it in proportion to the amount of sweetener. Adding just one teaspoon to a cup raises up to 35 kcal calorie tea with sugar per 100 grams of brewed infusion.
Green tea
Green tea is minimally fermented, and therefore in its pure form it is practically not caloric. This is due to the fact that in the green drink there are no additional carbohydrates that are present in fermented black.
But when sugar is added to such tea, the number of calories soars up: per 100 ml the nutritional value will be about 30 kcal, and a cup of green tea will already “enrich” the body by 60 kcal. Green tea with sugar per 100 grams in calories (black drink description above) is not inferior to black. Therefore, when sugar is added, the sort of drink you drink becomes unimportant.
Is it necessary to take into account the calorie content of tea when dieting
Accounting for all consumed foods is undoubtedly important when dieting. However, each sip of a drink should be taken into account in the daily calorie intake only with its high nutritional value. Tea without sugar does not apply to high-calorie foods, and therefore it can be safely drunk daily without fear of breaking the diet.
But it’s a completely different matter if a person is accustomed to a large number of sweeteners in tea. In this case, it is highly desirable if you do not give up tea completely, then slightly reduce the amount of sugar consumed, since it not only harms the diet, but also reduces the overall usefulness of the drink. 1-2 tablespoons of sugar per cup is a sufficient amount that will not harm.
Separately, it must be pointed out that a complete rejection of sugar should also not be the goal of weight control. The human body needs fast carbohydrates no less than other nutrients. Sugar is especially important for brain nutrition: glucose is an indispensable source of energy for its activity. Control of sugar consumption, even with strict diets, should not be reduced to a complete rejection of sugar and its demonization. In changing eating habits, moderation must be observed with particular care.