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05

Food Labels – Sugar what to look for?

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  • Sugar Free = No added or naturally occurring sugar
  • No Added Sugar = No extra sugar added
  • Reduced Sugar = At least 25% less sugar than standard product

Check the ‘Carbohydrates’ (of which sugars) figure in the nutrition information panel on the label.

Read the following guidelines:

  • A lot of sugar = 10g of sugar or more per 100g
  • Moderate Sugar = Between 2g and 10g of sugar per 100g
  • Low Sugar = Less than 5g of sugar per 100g
  • A little sugar = 2g of sugar or less per 100g

No Added Sugar

No added sugar doesn’t mean that the food is sugar- free or even low in sugar it may still be high in naturally occurring sugars such as those found in fruit, juices and milk.

Categories : Healthy Eating

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Elaine graduated from Trinity College with a B.Sc., (Hons) in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. She gained wide experience working as clinical nutritionist in several hospitals prior to establishing her first private dietetic clinic in 1992.

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Elaine has gained vast experience specialising in providing private individual dietetic consultations for her clients in her clinics for the past 17 years. In recent years, her main areas of interest are weight management, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and nutrition and gastro-enterology.

Elaine is an active member of the INDI and was chairperson of the Irish Nutrition and Dietetic weight management interest group from 2005 to 2007.

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Elaine has provided dietetic consultancy to a wide range of industries including private hospitals, hotels and catering companies. She has designed, piloted, implemented and coordinated workplace wellbeing programmes for several prominent companies and large international corporations.