Sugar in Ginger Drinks: The 2026 Wall of Shame

We are sold "healthy" ginger drinks as alternatives to sodas. Let's check the real numbers together — and see who comes out on top.

The Honest Ranking (from least to most sugary)

Brand	Sugar / 100ml	Sweetener
🥇 INTI	1.19g	Organic Erythritol (0 cal)
🥈 Homemade Ginger Water	~2g	Natural ginger sugars
🥉 KoRo Pure Ginger Shot	~5g	Variable
Yumi Coup de Foudre	~6-8g	Fruit sugars
Bio-Planet Ginger Juice	~7g	Sugar/juice
Fever Tree Ginger Beer	~7g	Cane sugar
Karma Drinks Ginger	~9g	Cane sugar
📊 Coca-Cola (soda reference)	10.6g	Glucose-fructose syrup
Bacanha Brut Ginger	~30g	Cane sugar
🚨 GIMBER N°1	~35g	Cane sugar
🚨 Traditional Ginger Syrups	35-50g	Sugar/syrup

Ranking Insights

• INTI is ~29× less sugary than GIMBER and ~9× less than Coca-Cola
• "Concentrated" drinks (to be diluted) are often the most sugary
• "Fruit sugars" and "organic cane sugars" have the same metabolic effects as refined sugar
• No other French or Belgian brand uses organic erythritol as its main sweetener

Why Sugar Cancels Out the Health Effect

Ginger inhibits NF-kB. Sugar activates NF-kB. Result: the majority of "healthy ginger drink" products have a net zero effect on inflammation, due to their sugar content.

INTI at 1.19g/100ml preserves the pure anti-inflammatory effect of ginger + turmeric + piperine, without counteracting it.