Eating too much sugar contributes to excess energy (kilojoule) intake and can lead to weight gain and tooth decay.
Sugar is a type of carbohydrate and is either found naturally in foods such as fruit, or is refined and added to foods such as soft drink, lollies, ice-cream, cakes, sweet biscuits, chocolates and dried fruit.
Click here to visit the Food and Activity Calculator to find out how many teaspoons of sugar are found in commonly eaten foods.
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Be aware that on packaged foods “no added sugar” does not necessarily mean there is no sugar at all; the product may in fact already contain large amounts of naturally occuring sugar.
The Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults recommend: ‘to consume moderate amounts of sugars and those foods containing sugar’.
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