Reducing Your Sugar Intake

Painless tips to help you reduce your sugar intake.

Reduce the amount of sugar you add to beverages and foods. - Cut back on the sugar you add to your beverages or breakfast cereal gradually, and allow time for your taste buds to adapt. Try topping breakfast cereals with fresh fruit instead.

Reduce your intake of soft drink. - A can of soft drink contains approximately 9-12 teaspoons of sugar. Flavour water with pieces of fruit or herbs e.g. mint.

Reach for a piece of fruit for a snack or dessert, instead of a biscuit or sweet.

Choose fruit juices with ‘no added sugar’.

Reduce the amount of sugar in foods you prepare at home. - Experiment with spices such as cinnamon, cardamom, coriander and nutmeg to enhance the flavour of foods.

Check the ingredient lists of food packaging for sugar – remember it can be listed as a variety of names. Ingredients are listed in order starting with largest amount found in the food.

Sugar can also be called:

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