Table 1.
Primary added sugars and non-nutritive sweeteners for each major food category in a sample of Australian packaged foods (n 5744), 2012
| Top three sweeteners | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||
| FoodSwitch food category | Products (n) | Type | n | %* | Type | n | %* | Type | n | %* |
| Bread and bakery products† | 1175 | Sugar (nfs) | 870 | 74·0 | Syrup (any) | 344 | 29·3 | Glucose syrup | 181 | 15·4 |
| Cereal and cereal products† | 771 | Sugar (nfs) | 514 | 67·1 | Maltodextrin | 189 | 24·5 | Syrup | 128 | 16·6 |
| Confectionery | 834 | Sugar (nfs) | 730 | 87·5 | Glucose/ maple syrup | 328 | 39·3 | Lactose | 74 | 8·9 |
| Convenience foods† | 266 | Sugar (nfs) | 196 | 73·7 | Dextrose | 44 | 16·5 | Maltodextrin | 32 | 12·0 |
| Edible oils and oil emulsions | 76 | Maltodextrin | 2 | 2·6 | – | – | ||||
| Egg products and dishes | 22 | Nil sweeteners | – | – | ||||||
| Fish products and dishes | 85 | Sugar (nfs) | 31 | 36·5 | Maltodextrin | 8 | 9·4 | – | ||
| Glucose/dextrose | 8 | 9·4 | ||||||||
| Fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes† | 838 | Sugar (nfs) | 191 | 22·8 | Maltodextrin | 30 | 3·6 | – | ||
| Glucose/dextrose | 30 | 3·6 | ||||||||
| Meat products and dishes | 299 | Sugar (nfs) | 148 | 49·5 | Glucose/dextrose | 101 | 33·8 | Maltodextrin | 58 | 19·4 |
| Milk products and dishes | 458 | Sugar (nfs) | 262 | 57·2 | Glucose/dextrose | 55 | 12·0 | |||
| Glucose/maple syrup | 81 | 17·7 | ||||||||
| Miscellaneous | 15 | Sugar (nfs) | 8 | 53·3 | Glucose/dextrose | 3 | 20·0 | – | ||
| Glucose/maple syrup | 3 | 20·0 | ||||||||
| Non-alcoholic beverages† | 246 | Sugar (nfs) | 81 | 32·9 | Glucose/dextrose | 8 | 3·3 | Cane sugar | 7 | 2·8 |
| Sauces and spreads | 310 | Sugar (nfs) | 238 | 76·8 | Caramel | 30 | 9·7 | Maltodextrin | 21 | 6·8 |
| Snack foods† | 155 | Sugar (nfs) | 97 | 62·6 | Maltodextrin | 77 | 49·7 | Glucose/dextrose | 38 | 24·5 |
| Sugar products and dishes | 55 | Sugar (nfs) | 37 | 67·3 | Honey | 8 | 14·5 | Glucose/maple syrup | 6 | 10·9 |
| Special foods incl. meal replacements | 131 | Sugar (nfs) | 42 | 32·1 | Maltodextrin | 34 | 26·0 | Fructose | 33 | 25·2 |
| Vitamins and supplements | 8 | Glucose/dextrose | 1 | 12·5 | – | – | ||||
| Maltodextrin | 1 | 12·5 | ||||||||
| Sucrose | 1 | 12·5 | ||||||||
| Steviol glycoside (E960) | 1 | 12·5 | ||||||||
| TOTAL | 5744 | 3451 | 60·0 | 1326 | 23·0 | 633 | 11·0 | |||
‘Sugar products and dishes’ includes products such as honey, table sugar, cake icing and sugar syrups. ‘Special foods’ includes sports products (e.g. sports powders, gels and bars) and meal replacement products. The ‘Miscellaneous’ food category includes products that fall outside other major food categories.
*
Percentage of total products in group.
†
Groups that contain grain/grain products or fruit/fruit products, nfs = not further specified. Sugar (nfs) defined as white sugar( 25 ).