Sugar packet - wikipedia Sugar packet This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2015 ) Packets of brown and white sugar A sugar packet is a delivery method for one ' serving ' of sugar. Sugar packets are commonly supplied in restaurants, coffeehouses and tea houses in preference to sugar bowls or sugar dispensers for reasons of neatness, sanitation, spill control, and to some extent portion control. Contents 1 Statistics 2 History 3 Collecting 4 References Statistics A typical sugar packet in the United States contains 2 to 4 grams of sugar. Some sugar packets in countries such as Poland contain 5 to 10 grams of sugar. Sugar packet sizes, shapes, and weights differ throughout different areas of the world. History The sugar cube was used in restaurants until it began to be replaced directly after World War II. At this time, machines were made that could produce small packets of sugar for nearly half the cost. The sugar packet was invented by Benjamin Eisenstadt, the founder of Cumberland Packing or better known today as the Sweet ' N Low company. Eisenstadt had been a tea bag factory worker, and became irritated by the task of refilling and unclogging all the sugar dispensers in his Brooklyn cafeteria across from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He did not patent the idea, and after discussions with larger sugar companies, lost market share. Because a gram of any carbohydrate contains 4 nutritional calories ( also referred to as `` food calories '' or kilo - calories ) ), a typical four gram sugar packet has 16 nutritional calories. Collecting Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sugar packets. The hobby of collecting sugar packets is called sucrology. Collectors can, for example, focus on the variety of types of sugar or brand names. Sugar packets are also handy forms of advertisement for businesses. References Jump up ^ `` Why are ketchup packets so... unsatisfying ? ''. marketplace.org. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sugar_packet&oldid=795664370 '' Categories : Sugar American inventions Food packaging Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from July 2015 All articles needing additional references Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands 日本 語 Edit links This page was last edited on 15 August 2017, at 18 : 10. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: how much sugar in a packet of sugar
Answer: 2 to 4 grams