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Beverages Tier List
Scored per 100 ml. Water wins, diet soda survives on a technicality, and everything with sugar in it gets exactly what it deserves.

Black Coffee
78Zero-calorie focus in a cup.

San Pellegrino Sparkling Water
70Fancy bubbles, zero everything.

Topo Chico Mineral Water
65Cult-favorite fizzy water.

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar
60Coke flavor without the sugar crash.

Diet Coke
60Zero sugar, all attitude, phosphoric bite.

Diet Pepsi
60Pepsi's calorie-free understudy.

BodyArmor Lyte (Berry Punch)
38Coconut-water sports drink, light version.

Coconut Water
37Nature's sports drink, heavy on potassium.

Orange Juice
34Liquid sunshine, 8 g sugar per 100 ml.

Pineapple Juice
33Tropical sugar rush.

Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate
33Powdered hot chocolate — dessert as a beverage.

Apple Juice
30Sugar water that grew on a tree.

Arizona Green Tea with Ginseng & Honey
30Sweet tea in a tallboy can.

Cranberry Juice Cocktail
30Mostly sugar, slightly cranberry.

Grape Juice
30Wine that never grew up.

Kombucha (Passion Fruit)
30Fermented tea; tangy, fizzy, alive.

Lemonade
30Summer in a glass, sugar included.

Pepsi
30The cola that never stopped chasing Coke — caramel, citrus, and 41 grams of sugar.

Canada Dry Ginger Ale
29Ginger ale: soda for upset stomachs.

Coca-Cola
29The most successful sugar delivery system in history.

Dr Pepper
2923 flavors, zero nutritional ambition.

Fanta Orange
29Orange soda — sugar water with a tan.

Mountain Dew
29Citrus soda engineered for gamers.

Red Bull
29Caffeine and B vitamins in a tiny can.

Root Beer
29Sassafras soda, dessert in a can.

Sprite
29Lemon-lime and zero caffeine — the 7 Up rival that won.

Tonic Water
29Bitter bubbles with a quinine kick — and sugar.

Monster Energy
26Energy drink by the pint.

Gatorade (Cool Blue)
25Salt, sugar, and blue dye — the sideline staple since forever.

Gatorade (Lemon-Lime)
25Salty sugar water that works — if you're actually sweating.

Powerade (Mountain Berry Blast)
25Gatorade's blue understudy.
Questions
How are beverages scored?
Every food is scored 0–100 per 100 calories across five factors (protein, fiber, micronutrients and more depending on the category), combined with fixed weights, then ranked. The top 10% of the board earn S tier. Full methodology.
What is the healthiest beverage?
By our numbers: Green Tea — S tier, 82/100. See its full breakdown.


