If a can of coke has 39 grams of sugar and that amount of sugar equals 151 calories, how come the coke has 139 calories? What happens to the missing equivalent of kcal?

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If a can of coke has 39 grams of sugar and that amount of sugar equals 151 calories, how come the coke has 139 calories? What happens to the missing equivalent of kcal?

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I hate how in the US i have to be skeptical about every nutritional label I see on products. Because I know you can rarely just take it at face value, and need to dig into what the fda definition of values and labels really mean.