article_snippet: Our everyday diets are packed with ‘stealth’ sugar, sending Our intake far above the recommended limits, which according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), should be no more than 12 teaspoons a day.
article_snippet: This is around 50g of sugar a day, equivalent to ten cubes of sugar for adults and older children, and nine for five to ten-year-olds.
article_snippet: A report by WHO revealed the current average intake of free sugars in North and Central America is 95g a day (19 teaspoons) rising to 130g (26 teaspoons) a day in North and Central America.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, in Western Europe the average is 101g (20 teaspoons), Dr Francesco Branca, director of the WHO's Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, said.
article_snippet: In Western Europe, the energy intake from sugar ranges from around seven to eight per cent in Hungary and Norway to 16 to 17 per cent in countries like Spain and the UK. '
article_snippet: While the sugars in this green juice from fruits, one cube of sugar (53g) is a 150ml bottle is still a lot of is still a lot to consume.
article_snippet: One sugar cube equals one teaspoon of sugar.
highlights_snippet: World Health Organisation recommends no more than 12 teaspoons a day .
  