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Sugar in dairy products in the UK?

  • 07 May 2014 6:59 AM
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    Message # 1549776
    Deleted user

    I live in the UK and have noticed that all dairy products over here contain "sugars" of at least 6.6 g / 100 ml. I am not able to find a single yoghurt containing only 4.7 g as in milk. Now I am wondering if this means that all UK yoghurt producers add sugar to their products, even though they claim on the carton that these "only contain naturally occurring sugars and not added sugars"? My first thought was that for some reason UK milk contains more lactose than Australian but this is not the case as milk shows 4.7 g sugars on the pack.

     

    Just to clarify that I am talking of the full fat versions here and not the fat free ones which contain even more sugars.

     

    I am confused now. Any clues from anyone?
  • 08 May 2014 2:12 AM
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    Reply # 1550273 on 1549776
    Anonymous
    Have you read David's books?  4.7%  of the "sugars"  in yoghurts is milk-sugar which metabolises as glucose.
    Anything above that will most likely be sucrose (50% fructose).  So if you stay under 5%  you won't be takling in any significant amount of fructose.  Some greek yoghurts (Black Swan in Australia ) have found a way of sweetening the product without adding to the sugar content.

    JohnN
  • 08 May 2014 4:40 AM
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    Reply # 1550291 on 1549776
    Deleted user
    Yes that's why I am confused. I know that 4.7 g is lactose (I have read both David's books) but am unable to find any yoghurts that contain only this amount, they all contain 6.6 g. So possibly they are adding sucrose then. Ok, I'll just try to keep my yoghurt consumption to a minimum then :)
  • 09 May 2014 1:11 AM
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    Reply # 1550802 on 1549776
    Anonymous
    The general rule is to avoid products with more than 2% "sugars". So if you stay under 4.7 + 2 = 6.7% "sugars"  you should be OK.

    In Australia  there ios a government department   which has detailed analyses of many food products:  http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science/monitoringnutrients/nutrientables/nuttab/Pages/default.aspx     You may be able to find a similar site in the UK. Also, many of the products may be identical in both countries.

    Good luck.
    JohnN
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