INNOCENT POMEGRANATES, BLUEBERRIES & ACAI SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE (250ml) We have signed up as a partner to the government’s Public Health Responsibility Deal to demonstrate our commitment to encouraging people to eat and drink fewer calories.ĭRINK THIS INSTEAD: No Added Sugar Ribena: 11 calories, 0g fat, 1.3g sugar We are continuing to develop healthier formulations of our Ribena ready to drink products, by reducing the sugars and calorie content. Ribena offers people a choice of products including no added sugar options. Drinking this 500ml bottle of Ribena gives you 60 per cent of your daily amount of sugar in one hit.Īs sugary as a can of Coke, and with almost 100 more calories to boot, you'd do yourself a favour by choosing a less sugary option. Ribena has as much sugar as 13 Oreo cookies Pret Carrot Juice: 60 calories, 0.3g fat, 5g sugar We give our customers a wide choice of products and we lead the way in food labelling so people can make informed choices about what they eat and drink. The sugar is naturally occurring in the fruit. Pret’s orange juice is made from 100 per cent freshly squeezed oranges with no added sugar. Not convinced? Watch the video from sugar expert Dr Robert Lustig on the science behind the body's reaction to a glass of Orange Juice. It doesn't matter if it's juice or Coke, concentrated liquid sugar is bad - full stop. This drink is almost as sugary pound for pound as Coke, and it contains more calories than a can of Coke!īut because it's juice it's okay, right? Wrong.įructose sugar is found in high quantities in fruit juice and excessive consumption is a primary cause of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. Pret's orange juice contains as much sugar as 13 McVities Hobnob biscuits In fizzy drinks, fruit juices and smoothies, the barrier has gone, which leads to the liver being overloaded. This slows absorption of sugar, so the liver has a chance to catch up. When we eat fruit, fibre forms a protective layer that acts as a barrier to the intestine. These sugars are overloading our livers and leading to health issues such as heart problems, diabetes and obesity, which not only affects our quality of life, but also costs the NHS over £6 billion a year.īut why is orange juice, for example, so bad? He says that liquid fructose sugar is dangerous for our health, irrespective of the source. In his new book 'Fat Chance: The Bitter Truth About Sugar', he argues that it doesn't matter whether the sugars you drink come from fruit juice, smoothies or fizzy drinks. Shouting this message from the rooftops is one leading U.S. More and more experts are warning that sugary drinks in any form are largely to blame for our ballooning waistlines. Until recently, we thought the 'bad' drinks were those such as Coke and Pepsi, while orange juice was an easy way to get one of our 'five a day'.īut the goalposts have shifted. Dangerous: Many of us have no idea that fruit juice can be as sugary as colaĪ single serving of so-called healthy fruit juice has been found to contain the same amount of sugar as three-and-a-half doughnuts or 13 hobnob biscuits.Įxclusive research for Mailonline has revealed that a single 250ml serving of white grape juice contained the same amount of sugar as four Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts.
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