article_snippet: Some bottled juices and smoothies have as much as 47g of sugar, a lot to consume in just one sitting.
article_snippet: To combat the lack of flavour, manufacturers increase the levels of sugar in the food.
article_snippet: The sugars in milk, vegetables and pieces of fruit (as opposed to fruit juice), including dried fruit, do not wreak as much havoc.'
article_snippet: Both are added to countless foods, turning up in everything from fizzy drinks to chicken korma,' Ms Dowden said.
article_snippet: Along with the undisputed benefits of wholegrains, you get 2tsp of sugar.
article_snippet: Some comes from the fruits and some is added to boost taste.
article_snippet: Sweeter, creamier sauces contain added sugar, and often in quite high quantities.
article_snippet: There’s more sugar here than there is in a regular bag of Skittles (46g)
article_snippet: Some of the fruit in smoothies is whole fruit that’s crushed, and so Some of the fruit in smoothies still contains fibre.
article_snippet: This isn’t as bad for you as pure juice, which counts as added sugar.
article_snippet: added sugar turns up in the BBQ
article_snippet: ‘ flavour’, which is largely sugar.
article_snippet: Though apples contain a surprisingly high amount of sugar, it’s ‘good’ sugar, encased in fibre.
article_snippet: Though sugar in the whole fruit counts as ‘good’ sugar, juicing removes the fibre, so the fibre is classified as the more harmful ‘added sugar’.