{"id":15703,"date":"2016-06-23T15:41:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T15:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ionclinics.com\/blog\/hiden-sugar-food-drink\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T15:19:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:19:21","slug":"hiden-sugar-food-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ionclinics.com\/en\/blog\/hiden-sugar-food-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"The hidden sugar in food and drinks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sugar is a sweet-taste carbohydrate and one of the main ingredient of juices and soft drinks, but this “hidden sugar” is also used in salty biscuits<\/a> and sauces. According to several studies, an excessive consumption has a relation with obesity; and it could also influence the\u00a0central nervous system<\/a>. Why has this extra amount of hidden sugar been used in processed food?<\/p>\n

Sugar is present in a lot of packing food, under different names (glucose, sacarose, fructose, dextrose, corn syrup,…) It is a main ingredient of milkshake, juices, <\/a>porridge, bread, corn flakes,….and also in sauces, snacks and lunchmeat.<\/p>\n

The OMS recommend a quantity of sugar<\/a> of 50 daily grams for a man (it is 12 small teaspons). According to some experts, this amount must be halved<\/a> until 5% of daily calories. As a packing juice has already 5 teaspoons each 15 ml, a child could <\/a>already<\/a> have consumed all the recommended sugar in his breakfast<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hidden sugar in food<\/h4>\n

“Hidden sugar” could be found in processed food<\/strong> in an amount which will surprise most consumers. Ice-cream, sauces like Ketchup<\/strong>, factored-baked cooks,… has a remarkable average of sugar, an economic ingredient which improves the taste of products.<\/p>\n

Hidden sugar in soft drinks: industry is responding<\/h4>\n

Soft drinks normally contains high levels of “hidden sugar”, as it is referred in the label. <\/strong>In the case of Cola soft drinks, sugar could reach the 35 grames in a can<\/a>, the equivalence of 9 teaspoons; 23 grams in orange taste drinks. A considerable amount of hidden sugar is used in Juices, smoothies or even beer. <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sugar in fruit drinks for children ‘unacceptably high’ https:\/\/t.co\/uq3bt5Oyjn<\/a><\/p>\n

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