Tate and Lyle Fairtrade Granulated Sugar 500 G (Pack of 10)

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The "of which sugars" figure describes the total amount of sugars from all sources – free sugars, plus those from milk, and those present in fruit and vegetables. Any sugars added to food or drinks. These include sugars in biscuits, chocolate, flavoured yoghurts, breakfast cereals and fizzy drinks. These sugars may be added at home, or by a chef or other food manufacturer.

For example, plain yoghurt may contain as much as 8g per serving, but none of these are free sugars, as they all come from milk. Squashes sweetened with sugar, fizzy drinks, soft drinks and juice drinks have no place in a child's daily diet. Watch out for other words used to describe the sugars added to food and drinks, such as cane sugar, honey, brown sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, fruit juice concentrate/purées, corn syrup, fructose, sucrose, glucose, crystalline sucrose, nectars (such as blossom), maple and agave syrups, dextrose, maltose, molasses and treacle. There's no guideline limit for children under the age of 4, but it's recommended they avoid sugar-sweetened drinks and food with sugar added to it. Find out more about what to feed young children. This means that if you see sugar near the top of the list, the food is likely to be high in free sugars.

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Eating too much sugar can contribute to people having too many calories, which can lead to weight gain.

Try reducing the sugar you use in your recipes. It works for most things except jam, meringues and ice cream. RIs are guidelines for the approximate amount of particular nutrients and energy required in a day for a healthy diet. But when fruit and vegetables are juiced or blended into a smoothie, the sugars are released. Once released, these sugars can damage teeth. Rather than spreading high-sugar jam, marmalade, syrup, chocolate spread or honey on your toast, try a lower-fat spread, reduced-sugar jam or fruit spread, sliced banana or lower-fat cream cheese instead. Unwanted Food or Drink Products - Once supply conditions are broken, there are a number of factors outside of our control that can affect the quality of a product. Therefore perishable goods such as food and drink cannot be returned.Instead of sugary fizzy drinks or sugary squash, go for water, lower-fat milk, or sugar-free, diet or no-added-sugar drinks. While the amount of sugar in whole and lower-fat milk is the same, choosing lower-fat milk reduces your saturated fat intake. The same applies to an individual portion of fruit. An apple might contain around 11g of total sugar, depending on the size of the fruit selected, the variety and the stage of ripeness. Sugars also occur naturally in foods such as fruit, vegetables and milk, but we do not need to cut down on these types of sugars. If you're looking after children, swap any sugary drinks for water, lower-fat milk or sugar-free drinks. Dried fruit and your teeth

Sugars added to foods and drinks must be included in the ingredients list, which always starts with the ingredient that there's the most of. If you take sugar in hot drinks or add sugar to your breakfast cereal, gradually reduce the amount until you can cut it out altogether. Alternatively, switch to a sweetener. Limit the amount of fruit juice and smoothies you drink to a maximum of 150ml (a small glass) in total per day, and drink it with meals to reduce the risk of tooth decay. Even unsweetened fruit juices and smoothies are sugary, so limit the amount you have to no more than 150ml a day.

Being overweight increases your risk of health problems such as heart disease, some cancers and type 2 diabetes.

Choose unsweetened wholegrain breakfast cereals that are not frosted, or coated with chocolate or honey. Sometimes you'll see a figure just for "Carbohydrate" and not for "Carbohydrate (of which sugars)". This means food containing fruit or milk will be a healthier choice than one containing lots of free sugars, even if the 2 products contain the same total amount of sugar. The sugars found naturally in fruit and vegetables are less likely to cause tooth decay, because they're contained within the structure. Choose unsweetened cereal and try adding some fruit for sweetness, which will contribute to your 5 A Day. Sliced bananas, dried fruit and berries are all good options.The government recommends that free sugars – sugars added to food or drinks, and sugars found naturally in honey, syrups, and unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies and purées – should not make up more than 5% of the energy (calories) you get from food and drink each day. For reasons of hygiene and safety, personal grooming products, cosmetics or items of intimate clothing cannot be returned. Free sugars are found in foods such as sweets, cakes, biscuits, chocolate, and some fizzy drinks and juice drinks. These are the sugary foods we should cut down on. For example, a can of cola can have as much as 9 cubes of sugar – more than the recommended daily limit for adults. Sugars in honey, syrups (such as maple, agave and golden), nectars (such as blossom), and unsweetened fruit juices, vegetable juices and smoothies. The sugars in these foods occur naturally but still count as free sugars.