Health campaigners are calling for fruit juice to be removed from 5 a day recommendations amid concerns over sugar content.<\/p>\n
Action on Sugar has suggested that fruit juices be removed from guidelines encouraging people to hit their 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day, after research revealed that many shop-bought juices and smoothies contained more sugar than fizzy drinks.<\/p>\n
Research showed that products available from supermarkets and high street stores and cafes contained more sugar than Coca Cola. One smoothie available from Tesco contained a whopping 16g of sugar per 100ml. Coca Cola contains 10.6g of sugar per 100ml, which represents more than 6 teaspoons of sugar.<\/p>\n
Action on Sugar has also criticised current Public Health England guidelines, which they describe as \u201cbaffling\u201d. The guidelines suggest that some fruit drinks contribute to the 5 a day tally, but this depends on how they are made and the exact ingredients.<\/p>\n
Action on Sugar representatives believe that the high sugar content of foods and drinks aimed at children are contributing to soaring rates of dental<\/a> decay and obesity among young children.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Health campaigners are calling for fruit juice to be removed from 5 a day recommendations amid concerns over sugar content. Action on Sugar has suggested that fruit juices be removed from guidelines encouraging people to hit their 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day, after research revealed that many shop-bought juices and smoothies contained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888008809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[2051,2053,2052,2054],"class_list":["post-3130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-health","tag-action-on-sugar","tag-coca-cola","tag-sugar-content","tag-tesco"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t