Table 4.
Better-for-you (BFY) features on sugary beverage labels by sugar content: South Australian supermarkets (n 17), September–November 2016
| BFY feature category/code (%)* | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar content (g/100 ml) | No. of beverages (n 931)†,‡ | Fruit or vegetables | Natural | Energy/sugar | No added sugar | Naturally sweetened/sugar from fruit | Nutrition | Health | Goodness | Dietary restrictions | Sport | Any BFY feature§ |
| Low sugar (≥1 and ≤2·5) | 48 | 97·9 | 85·4 | 85·4 | 27·1 | 10·4 | 41·7 | 39·6 | 14·6 | 31·3 | 8·3 | 100·0 |
| Medium sugar (>2·5 and <5) | 124 | 98·4 | 87·1 | 63·7 | 21·8 | 15·3 | 41·1 | 44·4 | 15·3 | 28·2 | 28·2 | 99·2 |
| High sugar (≥5 and <10) | 405 | 92·8 | 77·5 | 49·4 | 35·6 | 10·1 | 26·4 | 7·9 | 19·8 | 13·1 | 13·8 | 89·4 |
| Very high sugar (≥10) | 354 | 85·3 | 73·2 | 37·9 | 32·8 | 2·8 | 26·3 | 9·9 | 9·3 | 5·6 | 2·0 | 81·6 |
*
Reported as percentage of beverages within sugar category displaying feature category/code.
†
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).
§
Excluding fruit or vegetable category.