According to the World Health Organization, we eat more sugar daily than is allowed. They urge us to reduce their consumption to six teaspoons a day, which corresponds to 25 grams. This would be an easy task if we were just talking about the Baby Sugar we add to foods and drinks, but what about the amounts included without us knowing it in everyday food products?
Childhood obesity is one of the most serious problems in Westernized countries. In urban areas of depressed countries where poor nutrition produces true pandemics of this disease.
After a few years of awareness, consumption moderated in Spain: the figures fell from 26.2% to 23.2% in 2011, according to a study carried out by the Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition of the Ministry of Health.
Although we are all victims of this, we must take care of and raise awareness among the little ones. Industrial sugar is camouflaged in supposedly healthy foods, such as juices or packaged fruit smoothies, as stated by Ata Pouramini, author of Baby Sugar, every food we give our children daily has in order to, knowingly, moderate their consumption.
Actimel
One bottle of Actimel contains 11.5 grams of sugar, of which 8.3% is added (2.1 lumps).
The term added sugars encompasses a series of substances that are clearly harmful to cardiovascular health. We are talking about fructose, corn syrup, other syrups, agave and honey.
Compote
A 250 gram apple and banana compote contains 27.5 grams of sugar, that is, 6.8 lumps.
The natural, necessary and beneficial fruit also has a lot of sugar, which can harm people prone to diabetes. Thus, banana, mango and watermelon, with excellent properties, should be relegated to the last place on the list, when it comes to sugar.
Although some products do not contain added or crystallized sugars, the natural sugar contained in the products with which they are made (fructose and glucose in the case of fruit) means that sugar is inevitably in their composition.
Are the little jars good for children?
Frosties
50 grams of Frosties contain 18 grams of sugar (72% of the recommended daily amount).
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Nestlé porridge 8 cereals
A Nestlé 8-cereal porridge (35g) contains 9.2g of sugar, equivalent to 2.3 lumps.
The sugar present in complex carbohydrates is assimilated more slowly into the blood.
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Nesquik Chocolate
A 100g bar of Nesquik Milk Chocolate contains 57.8g of sugars, equivalent to 14.4 cubes.
Cola Cao
70% of a bottle of Cola Cao is sugar.
Dinosaur Cookies
8 Dinosaurus cookies have 16.8g of sugar, which is equivalent to 4.2 cubes.
Danonino
A bottle of Danonino contains 13.4% sugar.
Bollicao
14.4% grams of a Bollicao is sugar.
Hero SuperNanos
Heros Supernanos Greek yogurt contains 14 grams of sugar.
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Juver Energy Fruit
Juver Energy Fruit packaged juice (so typical among children) contains 34.3 grams of sugar, which is equivalent to 8 and a half cubes.
Industrial sugar is camouflaged in this type of apparently natural product.
Einz Ketchup
12 grams of sugar are included in 55 grams of Heinz ketchup.
Milka
58% of a Milka tablet is sugar.
My First Cola Cao
30 grams of Mi primer Cola Cao contain 10.8 sugar.
Nutella
Don't let them fool you. Nutella, for the most part, is industrial sugar: 56.8%.
Kinder Chocolate
Two Kinder chocolate bars contain 13.4g of sugars, equivalent to 3.35 cubes.
Pink Panther Bun
55 grams of Pink Panther contains 21 grams of sugar.
My First Danone
It used to have 8 grams of sugar, but since February 14, Danone has improved My First Danone by eliminating added sugar. Yogurt, followed by milk, only has 2.6 grams of sugar from lactose. They have also reduced the amount of yogurt in their new formula (previously 125 g now 100 g), avoiding product waste and adapting it to the recommended protein intakes for babies.
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Tosta Rica Cookies
8 TostaRica cookies have 11.3g of sugar
Nocilla
A slice of bread with 40g of Nocilla has 24g of sugar.
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