date:Apr 14, 2017
e spreads surveyed contained over 10g sugar per serving (20g) with the most well-known brands containing three of a childs five maximum daily teaspoons of sugar that is more than half their maximum intake.
As sweet spreads are one of the top 10 contributors of sugar intake in children in the UK, they are included as part of Public Health Englands sugar reduction program which has set an average target of 43.8g/100g of sugar for chocolate spreads and 34.6g/100g for fruit spreads (announced 30t