Sugar Free Confusion Not Sweet for Teeth
Sugar can be one of the most popular topics in the news, but a new survey has shown a desperate need for better sugar education as Britons think fruit juice, sweets and chocolate consist of no any sugar.
USA, November 23, 2015 (Newswire.com) - The study of more than 2,0001 people carried out by Den-plan revealed 1 in 5 people (21%) don't believe chocolate contains glucose, with the same amount (22%) thinking biscuits are sugar free too. Beverages aren't immune from sugar ignorance either, Possibly more worryingly, more than a third (38%) of people asked didn't know that juice contained sugar, despite warnings from Action on Sugar that many juices contain at least 6 tsp of sugar - much more than soda.
Other foods and beverages which respondents believed were free of sugar included:
The new results as well showed the publics desire for more clarity on labelling of products, as 54% admitted that they wanted to lower their sugar consumption, but just 1 in 5 respondents could decipher whether a product contains sugar by reading ingredient labels. 80% said they don't always check the list of ingredients before buying or eating food, and over a third of respondents (38%) said they didn't know the difference between ‘no added sugar’ and ‘sugar free’.
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