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Infographic: How much sugar is in your food?

With Jamie Oliver's latest show Sugar Rush turning the focus to the hidden sugar content of our f...
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20.09 3 Sep 2015


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Infographic: How much sugar is...

Infographic: How much sugar is in your food?

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20.09 3 Sep 2015


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With Jamie Oliver's latest show Sugar Rush turning the focus to the hidden sugar content of our food, we put together a short infographic that highlights how easily you can exceed your reference intake of sugar. 

According to NHS guidelines, the recommended daily intake of sugar based on a 2000 calorie diet is 90g, and while we might think many of the products we think of as healthy are low in sugar, the reality is very different. 

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The ease with which it's possible to go over the recommended intake is quite staggering, so we've put together a short infographic that highlights how, in just two meals, you can go well over the limit without much thought. 

Taking two meals as an example, we looked at what might be eaten at breakfast and at lunch, and how much sugar was in those foods. 

Here are just a selection of the foods that we looked at, and how much sugar is in each of them. 

200ml glass of Tropicana orange juice: 20g (no added sugar)

288ml pack of Ribena blackcurrant: 29g 

30g serving of Kelloggs Corn Flakes: 2.4g 

40g serving of Weetabix Crispy Minis (chocolate chip): 8.4g 

One slice of white toast, without butter or jam: 1.6g 

10g serving of no-added sugar strawberry jam: 4.5g 

Cup of tea (2tsp sugar): 8g

300g Tesco Tomato & Basil Soup: 13g

100g of strawberry yoghurt: 12.6g 

330ml can of Coca-Cola: 35g

Grande latte: 18g


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