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Before considering such initiatives, we can already learn to identify products that are too rich in sugars, to ban them if not limit them in our diet. What are these products? We already know that a can of soda contains 6 to 7 lumps of sugar … but after? Some products that we consume regularly have certain surprises in store for us. We are wary of hidden sugars! >> To read also: Our articles on healthy eating
No more than 8 pieces per day
“Free sugars” are those added by the manufacturer, the cook or the consumer, as well as those naturally present in honey, syrups and fruit juices. The World Health Organization recommends that they do not exceed 10% of the daily energy intake, or 50 g or 8 pieces per day.
Between 1 and 3 sugars *
-A Prince (20 g) = 1.1 pieces or 6.5 g of sugar
-Two shortbread (30g) = 1.1 pieces or 6.5 g of sugar
-A fruit yogurt = 1.6 pieces or 10 g of sugar
-30 g of puffed wheat with caramel = 2.1 pieces or 13 g of sugar
Between 3 and 5 sugars
-Two scoops of sorbet (125 ml) = 3.3 pieces or 20 g of sugar (fruit sugar and added sugar included)
– A chocolate vanilla eskimo Magnum type = 4.1 pieces or 25 g of sugar
-A March (42 g) = 4.5 pieces or 27 g of sugar
-A sachet of gummy candies such as Oursons (40g) = 5 pieces or 30g of sugar
Between 5 and 7 sugars
-A chocolate muffin = 5.5 pieces or 33 g of sugar
-A Coca-cola (33 cl) = 5.8 pieces or 35 g of sugar
-A “tall” Starbucks Frappuccino (355 ml) = 6 pieces or 36 g of sugar
-A Mc Donalds Cocoa Sundae = 6.8 pieces or 41 g of sugar
* 1 piece of sugar = 6g.
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