How Much Sugar Do I Eat? the Recommendation Is Not to Have More Than Five Teaspoons a Day

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How much sugar do I eat? The recommendation is not to have more than five teaspoons a day. If you take less, even better. Look at the list below to check.

Food Amount Teaspoons of Sugar Biscuits: Chocolate Digestive 1 Biscuit (17g) 1 Digestive 1 Biscuit (15g) ½ Ginger Nut 1 Biscuit (9g) ¾ Rich Tea 1 Biscuit (8g) ¼ Chocolate coated biscuit 1 Biscuit (25g) 2 Breakfast: Rice Krispies Small bowl (30g) ½ Bran Flakes Small bowl (30g) 1 Coco Pops Small bowl (30g) 2 Cornflakes Small bowl (30g) ½ Frosties Small bowl (30g) 2 ½ Muesli 2 Tablespoons (40g) 2 Shredded Wheat 1 Biscuit (25g) 0 Sugar Puffs Small Bowl (30g) 2 Weetabix 1 Biscuit (19g) 0 Special K Small bowl (30g) 1 Porridge Large bowl 0 Cakes: Flapjack 1 slice (90g) 6 Doughnut 1 Ring (60g) 2 Fruit Cake Small Slice (60g) 5 Fruit Pie 1 Individual (65g) 4 Jam Tart 1 Small (40g) 2 ½ Plain Sponge Cake Medium Slice (50g) 3 Sandwich Cake / Swiss Roll Small Slice (30g) 2 ½ Plain Scone 1 (50g) ½ Scotch Pancake 1 Small (30g) ½ Desserts: Ice Cream 1 Scoop (50g) 2 ½ Individual Mousse/Dessert Small Tub 2 ½ Instant Whip Quarter Packet made up 2 ½ Jelly Small tub 3 ½ Sponge Pudding with Jam Small Slice (110g) 5 ½ Tinned Fruit in Juice Half large tin (205g) 3 Tinned Fruit in Syrup Half large tin (205g) 6 Tinned Rice Pudding Half tin (200g) 3 Trifle Individual (125g) 4 Yoghurt, with sugar Small Carton (150g) 5 Yoghurt, sugar free Small Carton (125g) 2

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To find your daily total:

Add up your total from foods on this list: Teaspoons

Add up the total teaspoons added to drinks,cereals, in cooking etc per day. Teaspoons

Your Daily Total: Teaspoons

For good health you should aim to keep your total below 5 teaspoons sugar each day and much less for children.

When looking at food labels check Carbohydrates and look for “of which sugar”: A lot of sugar is more than 22.5g sugar per 100g food A little sugar is less than 5g sugar per 100g food

Department of Nutrition and Dietetics ND16-007-CC/PIL16-0098