Many foods have added sugar, and you may not realize how much sugar your child is consuming. Each gram of sugar equates to 1/4 tsp., so 12 g of sugar equals 3 tsp. The average person should only be getting 6 to 12 tsp. of added sugar per day. Limit or avoid jarred pasta sauce, soft drinks, fruit juice, sugary breakfast cereal, yogurt, ketchup, salsa, canned soup and candy. Look for ingredients that contain the suffix, "ose," such as fructose or sucrose, because they are added sugars. Other ingredients that indicate sugar content include high fructose corn syrup, cane juice, cane sugar, sorbitol and molasses.