As a rough guide, try to keep to 11 teaspoons of sugar per day and eat
foods containing sugar at meal times only.
| Desserts
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Angel delight |
1 packet |
8 |
| Ice Cream |
Family Block |
9 |
| Dream Topping |
1 sachet |
2 |
| Choc Sauce |
3 teaspoons |
2 |
| Instant Custard |
1 packet |
7 |
| Instant Whip |
1 packet |
1.5 |
| Jelly |
1 packet |
19 |
| Fruit in Syrup |
1 small tin |
5 |
| Trifle Mix |
1 packet |
3.5 |
| Fruit Yoghurt |
1 small carton |
4.5 |
| Rice Pudding |
1 tin |
2.5 |
|
Soft Drinks
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Slush Puppy |
1 small cup |
6.5 |
| Blackcurrant cordial |
4fl ozs |
4 |
| Bitter Lemon |
1 glass |
4 |
| Coca Cola |
1 can |
7 |
| Ginger Ale |
1glass |
3 |
| Lemonade |
1 glass |
3.5 |
| Orange Squash |
1 glass |
2.5 |
| Lucozade |
1 glass |
8 |
| Ribena |
1 glass |
5 |
| Tizer |
1 glass |
4.5 |
| Tonic water |
1 glass |
2.5 |
| Vimto |
1 glass |
3 |
|
Biscuits
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Choc Digestive |
1 biscuit |
2 |
| Choc Wafer |
1 biscuit |
1 |
| Digestive |
1 biscuit |
0.5 |
| Gingernuts |
1 biscuit |
1 |
| Jaffa Cakes |
1 biscuit |
1.5 |
| Lincoln |
1 biscuit |
0.5 |
| Rich Tea |
1 biscuit |
0.5 |
| Savoury Cracker |
1 biscuit |
Trace |
| Shortcake |
1 biscuit |
1 |
|
Spreads
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Choc spread |
2 teaspoons |
2.5 |
| Honey |
2 teaspoons |
2.5 |
| Jam |
2 teaspoons |
2.5 |
| Lemon Curd |
2 teaspoons |
2 |
| Marmalade |
2 teaspoons |
2.5 |
| Syrup |
2 teaspoons |
2.5 |
| Treacle |
2 teaspoons |
2.5 |
| Peanut butter |
2 teaspoons |
0.5 |
|
Sauces & Pickles
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Brown Sauce |
3 teaspoons |
1 |
| Salad Cream |
3 teaspoons |
0.5 |
| Sweet Pickle |
3 teaspoons |
1 |
| Tomato Ketchup |
3 teaspoons |
1 |
|
Tinned Vegetables
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Baked Beans |
1 med tin |
2 |
| Peas |
1 small tin |
0.5 |
| Sweetcorn |
1 med tin |
1.5 |
|
Confectionery
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Aero |
1 bar |
4 |
| Boiled sweets |
1 tube |
10 |
| Milk Chocolate |
1 small bar |
6 |
| Plain Chocolate |
1 small bar |
6 |
| Crunchie |
1 bar |
6 |
| Dolly Mixtures |
1 box (4oz) |
20 |
| Fruit Gums |
1 tube |
3 |
| Fruit Pastilles |
1 tube |
6.5 |
| Kit Kat |
1 small bar |
4 |
| Liquorice Allsorts |
1 box (4oz) |
18 |
| Snickers |
1 bar (std) |
2.5 |
| Mars Bar |
King size |
5 |
| Milky Way |
1 bar (std) |
1.5 |
| Murray Mints |
1 tube |
10 |
| Polo mints |
1 tube |
5 |
| Smarties |
1 tube |
4.5 |
| Topic |
1 bar (std) |
3.5 |
| Twix |
2 biscuit |
3.5 |
| Yorkie |
1 bar |
6 |
|
Cakes
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Sponge Cake |
1 med slice |
0.5 |
| Scones |
1 scone |
0.5 |
| Cheese/Plain |
1 scone |
0 |
| Sandwich cake |
1 med slice |
4.5 |
| Lemon meringue pie |
1 med slice |
3.5 |
| Currant Buns |
1 bun |
1.5 |
| Chocolate Cake |
1 med slice |
2 |
|
Soups
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Tinned Tomato |
1 bowl |
1 |
| Minestrone |
1 packet |
0.5 |
|
Cereals
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Muesli (with sugar) |
2 tablespoons |
2 |
| Sugar Puffs |
6 tablespoons |
0.5 |
| Cornflakes |
6 tablespoons |
0.5 |
| All Bran |
3 tablespoons |
1 |
|
Beverages
| Product |
1 Portion Amount |
Sugar Per Portion
(teaspoon) |
| Bournvita |
3 teaspoons |
1.5 |
| Hot Chocolate |
3 teaspoons |
2.5 |
| Horlicks |
3 teaspoons |
1 |
| Ovaltine |
3 teaspoons |
1 |
|
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