Sugar Detective

Inspect a nutrition label, estimate the hidden teaspoons of sugar before the reveal, and call out the front-of-pack claims that don't match the panel.

How to play

Each case shows a product's nutrition label with the sugar line hidden. In guess rounds, estimate how many teaspoons of sugar are in a serving or the whole container, then reveal the truth — the closer you are, the more points you bank. In trap rounds, judge whether a front-of-pack claim is honest or a marketing trap that the back panel contradicts.

• Sugar is shown in teaspoons (about 4 grams each) to make it concrete.
• Watch the serving size — per-container totals are far higher than per-serving.
• Six cases per game with a detective-accuracy meter.

Controls

• Desktop: type your teaspoon guess and click Accuse, or pick Honest / Marketing trap.
• Phone & tablet: type with the keypad and tap the buttons — fully touch-friendly.

Game modes

• Daily: a shared seeded set of products.
• Practice: fresh randomized products each game.

Tips & strategy

• Multiply per-serving sugar by servings per container when the question asks about the whole pack.
• A 'low fat' or 'natural' front claim often hides a high sugar panel — read the numbers.

What you'll learn

Sugar Detective is a nutrition-literacy game about reading labels and seeing through marketing claims.

• Skills: nutrition labels, added sugar, media literacy, healthy eating
• Best for: roughly grades 4–10 (ages 9–16)
• For parents & teachers: reading food labels critically.

About Sugar Detective

Sugar Detective is a nutrition-literacy game about reading labels and seeing through marketing claims. It's an original free browser game made for PlayPendium.

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