A diet low in added sugar is now recognised as a key part of a healthy eating pattern. The World Health Organization recommends free sugars make up no more than 5 per cent of our total energy intake. Free sugars include all added sugars, plus any sugars found naturally in a syrup or extract.
Remember to read ingredients labels to see if sugar has been added. Here are some of our picks for products with lower free sugars.
Contains less than half the sugar of the regular version — 2.1g sugar per 15g serve. With a little sugar from the tomatoes this serve has around 1.5g free sugars.
This is such a great product — not only less sugar but less salt as well! 1g sugar per 1 tablespoon serve, and none of them free sugars.
Many yoghurts have added sugars, as well as the natural sugar from the milk. At 2.5g sugar per 100g serve there are no free sugars in this yoghurt.
Baked beans are such a great food — it’s good to see some with less sugar (and less salt). 9.7g sugar per 1/2 can serve, mostly free sugars.
See our super-healthy Homemade baked beans recipes!
This is sweet enough with around 15g sugars from our banana and milk. No need for free sugars here.
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