Table 1.
Sugar content of sugary beverages by beverage category: South Australian supermarkets (n 17), September–November 2016
| Beverage type | No. of beverages (n 931)*,† | Sugar content (g/100 ml) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Low sugar (≥1 and ≤2·5) (%)‡ | Medium sugar (>2·5 and <5) (%)‡ | High sugar (≥5 and <10) (%)‡ | Very high sugar (≥10) (%)‡ | ||
| Energy drink | 29 | 12 | 1·7 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 6·9 | 93·1 |
| Soda | 132 | 11 | 2·0 | 0·8 | 3·0 | 16·7 | 79·5 |
| Juice, 100 % | 293 | 10 | 2·2 | 0·0 | 2·0 | 51·9 | 46·1 |
| Alcohol substitute | 25 | 9 | 3·5 | 0·0 | 16·0 | 36·0 | 48·0 |
| Water, flavoured mineral | 50 | 9 | 2·3 | 0·0 | 10·0 | 54·0 | 36·0 |
| Fruit drink | 91 | 8 | 3·6 | 8·8 | 17·6 | 33·0 | 40·6 |
| Juice (not 100 %) | 33 | 8 | 3·1 | 6·1 | 9·1 | 63·6 | 21·2 |
| Concentrate | 83 | 7 | 2·5 | 2·4 | 13·2 | 68·7 | 15·7 |
| Sports drink | 39 | 5 | 1·3 | 2·6 | 15·4 | 82·0 | 0·0 |
| Coconut water, flavoured | 25 | 5 | 1·3 | 0·0 | 52·0 | 48·0 | 0·0 |
| Iced tea | 78 | 4 | 2·2 | 24·3 | 38·5 | 37·2 | 0·0 |
| Coconut water, plain | 35 | 4 | 1·1 | 8·6 | 57·1 | 34·3 | 0·0 |
| Water, flavoured still | 13 | 3 | 1·2 | 53·8 | 46·2 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
| Other (probiotic drinks) | 5 | 2 | 0·0 | 100·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 | 0·0 |
*
Beverages missing sugar content on labels (n 4).
†
Beverages removed due to unstandardised reporting of sugar content, i.e. concentrates not as mixed with water (n 10).
‡
Reported as percentage of beverage category.