How much sugar does ordering siu dai actually save?

Siu dai means about half the added table sugar of a regular order — for a typical kopi or teh that is roughly one to one-and-a-half teaspoons less. The builder shows the exact estimated saving for your drink, because the milk in a kopi or teh also carries sugar that siu dai does not remove.

Does kopi kosong have no sugar?

Not quite. Kosong removes the added table sugar, but a normal kopi or teh is made with sweetened condensed milk, which is itself around half sugar. So kopi kosong still has a few grams of sugar from the milk — order it O (no milk) or C (evaporated, unsweetened) to cut that too.

What is the difference between C and O?

"O" means no milk — just coffee or tea with sugar. "C" means evaporated milk (unsweetened), which adds a little saturated fat but almost no sugar, unlike the default sweetened condensed milk.

Is the Nutri-Grade shown official?

No. It is an estimate computed from typical recipe numbers using Singapore’s published A–D bands (sugar and saturated fat per 100 ml). Actual stall recipes vary, so treat the grade as a guide, not a certified label.

How many grams are in a teaspoon of sugar?

About 4 grams of granulated sugar per teaspoon — the standard conversion used here.

Kopi/Teh Sugar Builder

Build your kopitiam order the way you say it — kopi/teh, C or O, kosong / siu dai / gah dai — and see how much sugar you're really drinking, in grams and teaspoons, plus the estimated Singapore Nutri-Grade and how much you save by ordering it less sweet.

Build your drink

Drink

Milk

Sweetness

Size

Iced (peng)Served over ice (same sugar estimate as hot)

Numbers are estimates from typical kopitiam recipes and vary by stall. The Nutri-Grade shown is an estimate based on Singapore's A–D sugar & saturated-fat bands, not an official label.

About Kopi/Teh Sugar Builder

A cup of kopi or teh from the kopitiam can hide four to eight teaspoons of sugar, and the way you order it — kosong, siu dai, gah dai, C or O — changes that number a lot. Yet the answer usually lives in scattered blog posts and PDF nutrition panels, never in a tool you can actually configure. This builder lets you assemble your drink the way you say it and see the sugar instantly.

Pick a base drink, choose the milk style (sweetened condensed, evaporated "C", or none "O"), set the sweetness level, and choose a size. You get the total sugar in grams and teaspoons, the saturated fat, the estimated Singapore Nutri-Grade (A–D), and — most usefully — how much sugar you save versus the regular order. Ordering siu dai instead of regular, or switching to C, is a concrete number rather than a guess.

The grading reuses the same A–D sugar and saturated-fat bands as Singapore’s Nutri-Grade scheme. All numbers are approximate — hawker recipes vary from stall to stall — so the grade is shown as an estimate, not an official label. Everything runs in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

How to use Kopi/Teh Sugar Builder

Pick your drink
Choose a base drink like Kopi, Teh, Teh Tarik, Milo, or Bandung.
Choose milk and sweetness
Set the milk style (Condensed, Evaporated "C", or None "O") and the sweetness (Kosong, Siu dai, Regular, or Gah dai).
Set the size
Pick S, M, or L, and toggle iced (peng) if you like. Sugar scales with the cup size.
Read the sugar
See the sugar in grams and teaspoons, the estimated Nutri-Grade, and how much you save versus the regular order.
Save the card
Download a shareable PNG or PDF card of your drink’s sugar.

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