10 Questionable Sugar Information Vintage Ads

In the 1960s, sugar companies felt threatened by the advance of reduced-calorie artificial sweeteners. Thus the ubiquitous Sugar Information propaganda was born in ads that touted the “benefits” of consuming good old-fashioned sugar. Here's 10 of them. posted

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10 Questionable Sugar Information Vintage Ads
Jed Oliver

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  • marissag3 thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF  about 9 months ago
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  • Natalie B. thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is Fail, WTF & LOL  about 9 months ago
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  • Carol never wore her safety goggles.

    Robert A.
    9 months ago
  • buzzrabbit thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is LOL & WTF  about 9 months ago
  • Lisa doesn't need sugar. Lisa needs an arm.

    pigletinboots
    9 months ago
  • pigletinboots thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is Fail & WTF  about 9 months ago
  • dannonymous thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is Old, Geeky & Fail  about 9 months ago
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  • cornflowerblue thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF & Fail  about 9 months ago
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  • Sure, sugar may be 18 calories a tsp., but they're recommending drinking a cola which on average contains 150 calories per serving. Whoops, forgot to mention that.

    Shaun McCracken
    9 months ago
  • Sarah S. thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is Art?  about 9 months ago
  • Capa thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF & Fail  about 9 months ago
  • Donna D. thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF & LOL  about 9 months ago
  • maggiep thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF  about 9 months ago
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  • Truth in advertising.

    itmustbeken
    9 months ago
  • ximena thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is Fail  about 9 months ago
  • Just ask this scientician.

    Jamee S.
    9 months ago
  • well there's not much higher on the glycemic index than SUGAR! (aside from honey, aka, predigested sugar) so….wow…insinuating that people would eat less after eating straight sugar sounds almost criminal in 2011

    A. P.
    9 months ago
  • stefanieb2 thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is LOL & Fail  about 9 months ago
  • karlm8 thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is LOL  about 9 months ago
  • UNDEReat? The sugar thing is ridiculous, but encouraging undereating is bad too.

    Emily G.
    9 months ago
  • Emily G. thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF  about 9 months ago
  • Eduardo M. thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF & LOL  about 9 months ago
  • lchen12345 thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is LOL  about 9 months ago
  • crhaxter thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF  about 9 months ago
  • Curse you Don Draper!!!!

    dunderri
    9 months ago
  • I was not thinking about sugar when I saw #3.

    nickd7
    9 months ago
  • brittanygeorgej thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is WTF  about 9 months ago
  • rainbowcrab   10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... and thinks it’s Old, OMG & LOL  about 9 months ago
  • I'd like to invite whoever wrote #10 to jump ahead 50 years in the future, just so I can watch the smug, self-satisfied smirk I imagine on their face slowly, slowly fade away.

    MK03
    9 months ago
  • MK03 thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is LOL  about 9 months ago
  • “…like a turtle needs a seat belt!” Love it.

    Floobity
    9 months ago
  • Floobity thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is Art? & LOL  about 9 months ago
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  • Joe Mahma thinks 10 Questionable Sugar Information Vin... is Fail  about 9 months ago
  • Brought to you by the Sugar Association for Sugar Consumption……..SUGAR!!!!!

    VashTSChacon
    9 months ago

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