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Total sugars are the combination of 'free' and 'natural' sugars
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What are total sugars?
Total sugars are the total amount of sugars you consume in a day. Most websites will only display total sugars but at checkyourfood.com we have separated the free/added sugars and natural sugars and given the total sugars amount.
What are free/added sugars?
Free or added sugars are the sugars added to foods to make them sweeter1.
What are natural sugars?
Natural sugars are those sugars occurring naturally in fruits and vegetables2.
Some naturally occurring sugars are classed as free sugar such as honey and fruit juice concentrates.
How much do I need?
The World Health Organisation has set a guideline daily amount of 48 grams for children and 60 grams for adults of total sugars.
Monitoring total sugar intake may be very important for diabetics and people struggling with obesity.
As a checkyourfood.com premium member you can set your own personal sugar RDA to reflect your own weight and dietary goals
Want to check you not getting too much? Use the food diary to track your food and benefit from daily, weekly and monthly reports.
Total sugars are the total amount of sugars you consume in a day. Most websites will only display total sugars but at checkyourfood.com we have separated the free/added sugars and natural sugars and given the total sugars amount.
What are free/added sugars?
Free or added sugars are the sugars added to foods to make them sweeter1.
What are natural sugars?
Natural sugars are those sugars occurring naturally in fruits and vegetables2.
Some naturally occurring sugars are classed as free sugar such as honey and fruit juice concentrates.
How much do I need?
The World Health Organisation has set a guideline daily amount of 48 grams for children and 60 grams for adults of total sugars.
Monitoring total sugar intake may be very important for diabetics and people struggling with obesity.
As a checkyourfood.com premium member you can set your own personal sugar RDA to reflect your own weight and dietary goals
Want to check you not getting too much? Use the food diary to track your food and benefit from daily, weekly and monthly reports.
Review date: 2/9/2022
Next review date: 2/9/2023
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