There are many low sugar or
sugar free items available from supermarkets. These are often labelled
as 'diet' products and can be used every day to replace very sugary foods.
Some examples are listed below.
| High
Sugar Foods |
Low
Sugar or Sugar-Free |
| Drinks
Ordinary
fizzy drinks, e.g. cola, lemondate, orangeade, lucozade
Ordinary squash |
|
Sugar free,
diet or Slimline fizzy drinks, e.g. Diet Coke, Pepsi Max, Sprite
Late, Light 7UP
Sugar
free or diet squash, e.g. Robinson's R Ribena Toothkind, Sunny Delight
Lite |
|
| Sugar, glucose, fructose |
|
Artificial sweeteners in tablet or granulated
form e.g. Sweetex, Hermesetas, Canderel |
|
Breakfast
Cereals
Sugar,
chocolate or honey coated breakfast cereals e.g. Frosties, Ricicles,
Sugar Puffs, Coco Pops, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes |
|
Low sugar
cereals e.g. Porridge, Ready Brek, Weetabix, Cornflakes, Rice krispies,
Bran Flakes, Shreddies, Fruit and Fibre Cheerios |
|
Puddings
Tinned,
instant or homemade puddings made with sugar e.g. milk puddings,
sponge puddings, custard, jelly, mousse, tinned fruit in syrup |
|
Puddings made with
artificial sweetener, e.g. low sugar rice pudding and custards,
diet yoghurts and fromage frais, e,g, Muller Lite, Shape, Diet Ski,
Weight Watchers, Sugar-free whips and jellies, tinned fruit in juice,
fresh fruit |
|
Cakes
and Biscuits
Chocolate
coated or cream filled biscuits, iced buns, cakes |
|
Plain biscuits e.g.
Digestives, Rich Tea, ginger Nuts, Garibaldi, Ritz Biscuits, Cheddar's
breadsticks, crackers, malt loaf, scones, teacakes, crumpets, some
cereal bars |
|
|
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