Table 4.
Ratio of added sugar (kg) to non-nutritive sweetener volumes (g) by country income category from 2007 to 2019 for beverages and packaged foods
Region/income category | Ratio of added sugar (kg) to non-nutritive sweetener (g) | % Change | |
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2007 | 2019 | ||
Beverages | |||
World | 1·2 | 1·0 | ↓20 |
East Asia and the Pacific | 2·5 | 2·9 | ↑40 |
Europe and Central Asia | 1·7 | 1·0 | ↓70 |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 1·5 | 1·4 | ↓10 |
Middle East and North Africa | 2·5 | 2·5 | n/a |
North America | 2·3 | 0·7 | ↓160 |
South Asia | 0·6 | 1·6 | ↑100 |
Sub-Saharan Africa | n/a | n/a | n/a |
HIC | 1·9 | 1·0 | ↓90 |
UMIC | 2·1 | 1·9 | ↓11 |
LMIC | 1·6 | 2·4 | ↑33 |
Packaged food | |||
World | 0·1 | 0·1 | n/a |
East Asia and the Pacific | 0·0 | 0·0 | n/a |
Europe and Central Asia | 0·1 | 0·1 | n/a |
Latin America and the Caribbean | 0·1 | 0·1 | n/a |
Middle East and North Africa | 0·1 | 0·1 | n/a |
North America | 0·1 | 0·1 | n/a |
South Asia | 0·2 | 0·2 | n/a |
Sub-Saharan Africa | n/a | n/a | n/a |
HIC | 0·1 | 0·1 | n/a |
UMIC | 0·1 | 0·1 | n/a |
LMIC | 0·1 | 0·1 | n/a |
HIC, high-income countries; UMIC, upper-middle-income countries; LMIC, lower-middle-income countries.