Does 'no-added-sugar' mean the food contains no sugar?
The short answer is no, the product will most likely still have sugar in it. ‘No-added-sugar’ means no sugar has been added to the food, it will only contain the natural sugars already present.
Many desserts have a 'no-added-sugar' alternative.
Sugars occur naturally in foods such as fruit, but we don’t need to cut down on these as much, because they also contain nutrients that are good for you.
However it is recommended by the NHS that foods containing added sugars should be cut down.
Also just because there is ‘no-added-sugar’ doesn’t mean there is a low amount of sugar in the food, because foods such as fruit can have a high sugar content.
The ‘no-added-sugar’ option is often the better choice, but it is still best to check the amount of sugar the food contains to make sure you don’t eat over the recommended amount.
The NHS recommends that adults should have no more than 30g of added sugars (roughly about seven sugar cubes).
