Nutrition Facts For Added sugars

Common Questions About Added Sugars

What are added sugars?

Added sugars include sugars that are added during the processing of foods (such as sucrose or dextrose), foods packaged as sweeteners (such as table sugar), sugars from syrups and honey, and sugars from concentrated fruit or vegetable juices.

Do sugars in fruit count as added sugars?

No, naturally occurring sugars found in fresh fruits, vegetables, and unsweetened dairy are not considered added sugars.

How can I tell if a product contains added sugars?

In many countries, food labels do not differentiate between added sugars and naturally occurring sugars, so both are grouped under the term “sugars”. However, you can check the ingredients list. Indicators of added sugars include table sugar, honey, various syrups, glucose (also known as dextrose), fructose, lactose, and others. You can also try out the optimization algorithm in our app to estimate how much added sugar a product contains.

How much added sugar can I consume daily?

Recommendations for added sugar intake vary slightly between health organizations. Generally, it is suggested to limit added sugars to 5–10% of daily energy intake (for a 2'000 kcal diet, this equates to up to 25–50 g per day). More prudent guidelines recommend not exceeding 25 grams per day.

Added Sugars Daily Requirement Calculator

Step 1: Gender

Gender is an important factor when estimating nutrition requirements. Sometimes the values can differ by more than 100%, for example iron.

Step 2: Weight

Weight is important when estimating energy and macro requirements.

lbs

Step 3: Height

While not the most significant factor height is used many nutritional formulas, especially energy requirements.

Step 4: Age

Age is an important factor in many component estimations, during our lifetime the requirements change significantly.

Step 5: Activity Level

Activity Level is important to estimate the energy and macro requirements. Higher activity means more calories.

Added Sugars Daily Suggested Intake:

25G

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Nutrition Facts For Added Sugars

Common Questions About Added Sugars

What are added sugars?

Do sugars in fruit count as added sugars?

How can I tell if a product contains added sugars?

How much added sugar can I consume daily?

Added Sugars Daily Requirement Calculator

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Nutrition Facts For Added Sugars

Common Questions About Added Sugars

What are added sugars?

Do sugars in fruit count as added sugars?

How can I tell if a product contains added sugars?

How much added sugar can I consume daily?

Added Sugars Daily Requirement Calculator

Try Nutriely for free.

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