These are the sugary foods we should cut down on.įor example, a can of cola can have as much as 9 cubes of sugar – more than the recommended daily limit for adults. Find out more about what to feed young children.įree sugars are found in foods such as sweets, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, and some fizzy drinks and juice drinks.
Sugar found naturally in milk, fruit and vegetables does not count as free sugars. The sugars in these foods occur naturally but still count as free sugars.
Sugars in honey, syrups (such as maple, agave and golden), nectars (such as blossom), and unsweetened fruit juices, vegetable juices and smoothies.These sugars may be added at home, or by a chef or other food manufacturer. These include sugars in biscuits, chocolate, flavoured yoghurts, breakfast cereals and fizzy drinks. The type of sugars most adults and children in the UK eat too much of are "free sugars". Eating too much sugar can make you gain weight and can also cause tooth decay.