Sugar Free

niamh.foley · 19-05-2015 4:27pm #1

Looking at Alpen breakfast No Added Sugar that i would normaly buy has a whooping 7.2g of suger per 45g. i like alot of people would eat more then the 45g
so i am having about 8 teaspoons at breakfast..
Weetabix have 1.7g per 2 biscuits..

it getting me thinking about how much sugar is in my food..

so i am asking does anyone know of a good web site that tells you which food has very little sugar.

MagicMarker · 19-05-2015 4:40pm

I don't know how anyone can be surprised by how much sugar is in that Alpen ****e considering how sweet it is! The milk left over from a bowl of that essentially tastes like regular milk with half a bag of sugar in it...euch!!!

To be honest I wouldn't get too hung up about sugar, just stick to fresh, non-processed food with natural sugars and you're good to go. As for breakfast, weetabix aren't so bad, porridge is better, I prefer eggs.

19-05-2015 4:44pm

Alpen no added sugar doesn't have any added sugar so it presumably has ingredients which have naturally occurring sugars - raisins for example.

Myfitnesspal will give you a fair amount of nutritional information, assuming that people have entered info correctly, this will include sugars.

Honestly though, buying fresh food and avoiding packaged goods wherever possible is the best way to reduce your sugar intake.

niamh.foley · 19-05-2015 4:49pm

Yeah i uses the myfitnesspal once in a while

having used it in a while must start using it again. it comes in handy..

CaptainAhab · 19-05-2015 7:00pm

Just eat real unprocessed food and it shouldn't be hard to avoid sugar. Eggs are the best breakfast food out there IMO.

uberalex · 19-05-2015 8:21pm

Even the sort of healthy seeming Muesli and granola can be super high calorie and sugar. It's often in things like nuts clusters with maple syrup or honey to bind them.

Blacktie. · 19-05-2015 8:27pm

Since when is 7.2g considered a whopping amount!?

Slydice · 19-05-2015 8:47pm

Why are you interested in low sugar foods?

groovyg · 19-05-2015 11:12pm

Op You would be better off making your own, just look at the ingredients in your average packet of muesli.
Lidl have a good selection of nuts while Aldi are better for seeds and oats.

niamh.foley · 20-05-2015 11:52am

Slydice wrote: »

Why are you interested in low sugar foods?

I feel that the food that i am currently taken in i feel are high in sugar then what they should really be.

eviltwin · 20-05-2015 11:55am

You'll have to look at the labels and suss it out that way. I gave up sugar in Jan and its hard enough to find anything sugar free. I eat porridge for my breakfast now, no sugar and its much more filling than the cereal I used to eat.

niamh.foley · 20-05-2015 12:43pm

eviltwin wrote: »

You'll have to look at the labels and suss it out that way. I gave up sugar in Jan and its hard enough to find anything sugar free. I eat porridge for my breakfast now, no sugar and its much more filling than the cereal I used to eat.

Thanks i need to start reading more labels..
do you take milk with porridge ? as i see that it has "Natural" Sugar but still coming in at 9.2grams per 200ml

how much intake do you have of sugar a day

Alf Veedersane · 20-05-2015 12:49pm

niamh.foley wrote: »

Thanks i need to start reading more labels..
do you take milk with porridge ? as i see that it has "Natural" Sugar but still coming in at 9.2grams per 200ml

how much intake do you have of sugar a day

The limits/guidelines on sugar relate to added sugars. Not the likes of lactose that naturally occurs in milk.

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