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Facts About Sugar Malawi MALAWI FACTS ABOUT SUGAR Issue 1 | November 2019 CONTENTS What is sugar? 03 What is the role that sugars 04 can play in a healthy diet? Eating a balanced diet: 05 food groups How are sugars labelled? 06 Sugar myths 07 – 08 About making sense 09 of sugar References 10 Further infomation 11 2 WHAT IS SUGAR? Sugar is a natural ingredient which provides Maltose – commonly known as malt sweetness to a range of foods and drinks, sugar because it is found in malted drinks including fruits and vegetables, fruit juices, and beer. jams, soft drinks, desserts and dairy products. Different sugars have different properties The most common sugars found in (structure, texture, flavour, sweetness and foods and drinks are: preservative) but the property of each sugar is the same, whether they are naturally Glucose and fructose – found in fruits, present in food and drink or used during vegetables and honey. preparation. Sucrose – commonly thought of as table The body does not distinguish between sugar when referring to ‘sugar’. It is sugars used in manufacturing or in the composed of glucose and fructose and home, and those found naturally in fruits is extracted from sugar cane (grown in and vegetables. For example, sucrose in tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world, an apple is broken down in exactly the including Malawi) or sugar beet (grown same way as the sucrose (sugar) in your in more temperate parts of the world, sugar bowl. However, the rate of which the including Europe). Sucrose is also naturally sucrose is absorbed can vary depending present in most fruits and vegetables. on if the source is a solid or liquid food, for Lactose – commonly known as milk sugar example in an apple or apple juice. because it is found in milk and dairy products. DID YOU KNOW? The body breaks down sugars and starches into glucose. Sugars are an important source of energy with glucose being the most important for the body. Our brain requires around 130g of glucose per day to keep functioning. 3 WHAT IS THE ROLE THAT SUGARS CAN PLAY IN A HEALTHY BALANCED DIET? Sugars are an important source of energy sets out that a healthy diet consists of a with glucose being the most important for combination of different foods including: the body. Carbohydrates comprising sugars • Staples like cereals (wheat, barley, rye, and starches are broken down in the body maize or rice) or starchy tubers or roots into glucose. Our brain requires around 130g (potato, yam, taro or cassava) of glucose per day to keep functioning. • Legumes (lentils and beans) • Fruit and vegetables • Foods from animal sources (meat, fish, DID YOU KNOW? eggs and milk) 2 Sugar and sugars have four calories per The World Health Organization also gram, which compares to protein (four recommends that adults and children calories), alcohol (seven calories) and reduce their daily intake of free sugars* to fat (nine calories). less than 10% of their total energy intake. It advises that a further reduction to below 5% or roughly 25 grams (6 teaspoons) per day would provide additional health The World Health Organization1 advises benefits. that eating a variety of foods and * Free sugars are all sugars added to foods or drinks by consuming less salt, sugars and saturated the manufacturer, cook or consumer, as well as sugars and industrially-produced trans-fats, naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and fruit juice concentrates. are essential for a healthy diet. It also 4 EATING A BALANCED DIET: FOOD GROUPS Healthy eating is about consuming the Nutrition Manual3 – endorsed by Malawi’s right amount of foods for your energy needs Agriculture Technology Clearing Committee and the right balance of foods to make sure (ATCC) – sets out the six main groups your body gets all the nutrients it needs. required for the Malawian diet. The second edition of the Sustainable EATING A BALANCED DIET: FOOD GROUPS Fats & Oils Animal Foods Staples Legumes & Nuts Vegetables Fruits 5 HOW ARE SUGARS LABELLED? The sugars most commonly present These labels can help you understand the in foods and drinks are glucose, nutrient and calorie count of the products fructose, sucrose, lactose and maltose you are buying. – collectively they are known as sugars and this term is used in nutritional labelling: ‘carbohydrates – of which DID YOU KNOW? sugars’. Today, all pre-packaged food The first place you’ll be able to find out and drinks manufactured in Malawi whether a product contains sugars is in the must clearly display labels on pack – ingredients list. All the ingredients that have this is mandatory under the Certification been used to make the product will be shown Marks Regulation4. in order of weight. INGREDIENTS LABEL NUTRIENT LABEL 6 SUGAR MYTHS There are many myths about sugar and MYTH Some sugars are better for sugars, but how do you separate fact from you than others fiction? Here are some of the most common myths to help. The body breaks down sugar (sucrose) in exactly the same way independently of their source. However, the rate of which the sucrose MYTH Sugar has no role in the diet is absorbed can vary depending on if the source is a solid or liquid food, for example in Sugars are an important source of energy with an apple or apple juice. glucose being the most important for the body. For example, our brain requires around 130 grams of glucose per day to keep functioning. MYTH Sugars are hidden in food You can find glucose in all sorts of foods and drinks including fruit, vegetables and honey. When looking at labels, sugars most commonly present in food and drinks are MYTH Sugar has more calories than other ingredients glucose, fructose, sucrose, lactose and maltose – collectively they are known as ‘sugars’ Calories are essentially a measure of the and this term is typically used in nutritional amount of energy in food and drinks. labelling on pack: ‘carbohydrate – of which When we eat or drink, we are putting energy sugars’. (or calories) into our body. Different food and Today, all pre-packaged food and drinks drinks provide different amounts of energy. manufactured in Malawi must clearly display This information can typically be found labels on pack – this is mandatory under the on food and drink labels, as well as within Certification Marks Regulation4. These labels nutritional information panels. can help you understand the nutrient and Sugar and sugars have four calories per gram, calorie count of the products being bought. which compares to protein (four calories), Food labels in most countries do not alcohol (seven calories) and fat (nine calories). currently identify ‘added sugars’ (i.e. sugars that have been added during food and MYTH Sugar is an ‘empty’ calorie drink manufacturing). It is not possible to distinguish naturally occurring sugars from ‘Empty calories’ is a concept often used to refer added sugars in a laboratory, given they are the to food and drinks that supply energy without same molecules. other nutrients. However, since calories However, some countries are now moving themselves provide your body with energy towards ‘added sugars’ labelling. For example, there is no such thing as an ‘empty calorie’ the US is introducing ‘added sugars’ onto labels – a calorie is a calorie. of pre-packaged food and drink products in 7 2020. ‘Added sugars’ on US labels will include sugars that are added during the processing MYTH Sugars rot your teeth of foods, as well as sugars from added syrups, honey and concentrated fruit or All foods or drinks that contain fermentable vegetable juices. carbohydrates (e.g. sugary foods such as cookies, cakes, soft drinks and candy as well MYTH Sugar causes obesity as less obvious foods, such as bread, crackers, and diabetes bananas and breakfast cereals), can increase the risk of tooth decay. Current scientific evidence does not suggest that sugar directly causes conditions such as Fermentable carbohydrates including sugars obesity or diabetes. Both of these conditions are broken down by the bacteria in your are due to a complex range of factors such as mouth to produce acid and this acid can then being overweight, leading a sedentary lifestyle dissolve away some of the enamel surface of and in some cases genetics5. your teeth. Brushing your teeth with fluoride toothpaste twice a day and keeping sugary However, like protein, starch, fat and alcohol, food and drinks for mealtimes, rather than sugar is a source of calories in the diet and as a snack, is the best way to protect them. if we consistently consume more ‘energy’ or It’s important to remember that it is both the calories than our bodies use, this can lead to frequency of consumption and the amount an accumulation of excess body fat. This can that can have an impact on tooth decay. then result in obesity which can increase the NOTE: The World Dental Federation (DFI) suggest risk of type 2 diabetes. that the risk of dental caries increases if consuming excessive amounts of sugar from snacks, processed To find out more about consuming the right food and soft drinks, for example more than four amount of food for your energy needs and times a day and/or more than 50 grams (approx. 12 the right balance of foods to make sure your teaspoons) per day. They also recommend awareness of not only sugars added to food but also those body gets all the nutrients it needs, the second naturally present in honey, syrups, fruit juices and edition of the Sustainable Nutrition Manual3 – fruit juice concentrates.7 endorsed by Malawi’s Agriculture Technology Clearing Committee (ATCC) – sets out the six Sugar is addictive main groups required for the diet.
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