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Sure, Americans like Starbucks and Red Bull and Bud Light. But at the end of the day, we're a soda-drinking country. And that's not changing any time soon.
The Beverage Marketing Corporation just released the numbers on drink consumption in 2010. And our soda drinking DOMINATED everything else. Here are our top 12 most popular drinks, in order.
1. Soda. The average American drinks 44.7 gallons, which is the equivalent of 1.3 twelve-ounce cans every day.
2. Bottled water. 28.3 gallons, or one 20-ounce bottle every two days.
3. Beer. 20.8 gallons, or about222 12-ounce cans, which is one every 1.6 days or four to five a week.
4. Milk. 20.4 gallons, or about 326 eight-ounce glasses.
5. Coffee. 18.5 gallons, or about 1.2 cups every work day.
6. Fruit beverages and juices. 11.5 gallons, or one 12-ounce glass or bottle every other day.
7. Tea. 10.3 gallons, or 165 eight-ounce cups. That's about three per week.
8. Sports drinks. 4 gallons, or about 25 20-ounce bottles. That's one every other week.
9. Wine. 2.3 gallons, or 98 three-ounce glasses. That's just under two per week.
10. Value-added water. 1.5 gallons, or one 16-ounce bottle every month. This includes sparkling, caffeinated, and flavored waters.
11. Distilled spirits. 1.5 gallons, or 128 shots. That's about 2.5 shots every weekend.
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