My First Blog

My genius hour topic is sugar.  There is 387 calories in 100 grams of sugar.  There is 0 grams of fat, cholesterol, and dietary fiber.  there is 1 mg of sodium in 100 grams of sugar.  There is 2 mg of potassium in 100 grams of sugar.  there is 100 grams of carbohydrates in 100 grams of sugar. In 100 grams of brown sugar there is 97.33 g of carbohydrates, 96.21 g of sugar, 0.008 mg of thiamine, 0.082 mg of niacin, 0.026 mg of vitamin B6, 85 mg of calcium, 1.91 mg of iron, 29 mg of magnesium, 22 mg of phosphorus, 133 mg of potassium, 39 mg of sodium, 0.18 mg of zinc, 1.77 g of water, 1 micro gram of folate.  The world produced 168 million tonnes of sugar in 2011.  In 2012 Brazil uses the most sugar then India, European Union, China, Thailand.  In 2013 India consumes sugar the most then European Union, China, Brazil.  The average person consumes 26 teaspoons a day which is 40 kilos in a year-20 bags of sugar.