Table 2.
Daily intakes of individual sugar components by age and sex (NDNS 2014–2016) (including consumers and non-consumers).
| Individual Sugar Components | Children, 4–10 Years | Teenagers, 11–18 Years | Adults, 19–64 Years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male (n = 276) |
Female (n = 238) |
Combined (n = 514) |
Male (n = 270) |
Female (n = 272) |
Combined (n = 542) |
Male (n = 450) |
Female (n = 632) |
Combined (n = 1082) |
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| Sugar—table 1 | g/day, Median | 33.4 | 30.8 | 32.5 | 45.2 | 41.3 | 43.6 | 32.9 | 28.0 | 30.4 |
| g/day, P25–P75 | 21.9–46.7 | 23.4–42.9 | 22.8–44.9 | 28.1–62.8 | 25.0–59.4 | 26.6–61.1 | 17.3–56.0 | 15.7–44.1 | 16.6–50.5 | |
| % TE, Median | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| % TE, P25–P75 | 6–11 | 7–11 | 6–11 | 6–13 | 7–13 | 7–13 | 3–10 | 4–10 | 4–10 | |
| Sugar—other 2 | g/day, Median | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| g/day, P25–P75 | 2.7–9.5 | 2.6–8.4 | 2.7–9.2 | 1.4–10.9 | 1.4–11.8 | 1.4–11.3 | 0.7–6.8 | 0.9–6.3 | 0.8–6.5 | |
| % TE, Median | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| % TE, P25–P75 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| Sugar—honey 3 | g/day, Median | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| g/day, P25–P75 | 0.0–0.1 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0.0–0.1 | |
| % TE, Median | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| % TE, P25–P75 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Sugar—fruit juice 4 | g/day, Median | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| g/day, P25–P75 | 1.1–13.3 | 0.7–10.4 | 0.9–11.4 | 0.5–13.8 | 0.6–11.1 | 0.6–12.5 | 0.2–18.1 | 0.3–9.8 | 0.3–12.9 | |
| % TE, Median | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| % TE, P25–P75 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
| Sugar—pureed fruit 5 | g/day, Median | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| g/day, P25–P75 | 0.1–0.8 | 0.1–0.7 | 0.1–0.8 | 0.0–0.4 | 0.0–0.4 | 0.0–0.4 | 0.0–0.4 | 0.0–0.5 | 0.0–0.5 | |
| % TE, Median | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| % TE, P25–P75 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Sugar—stewed fruit 6 | g/day, Median | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| g/day, P25–P75 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.0 | 0.0–0.1 | 0.0–0.1 | |
| % TE, Median | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| % TE, P25–P75 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Sugar—dried fruit 7 | g/day, Median | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| g/day, P25–P75 | 0.0–2.2 | 0.0–0.8 | 0.0–1.7 | 0.0–0.2 | 0.0–0.7 | 0.0–0.5 | 0.0–2.4 | 0.0–2.9 | 0.0–2.7 | |
| % TE, Median | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| % TE, P25–P75 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
NDNS: UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey. n= number of participants. 1 Sugar—table: Including all sucrose sugars such as granulated sugar used in baking/confectionary and cakes, etc.; 2 Sugar—other: Sugar in other sugar-based sweeteners such as glucose syrup; 3 Sugar—honey: Sugar in honey; 4 Sugar—fruit juice: Sugar in fruit and vegetable juice; 5 Sugar—pureed fruit: Sugar in fruit puree; 6 Sugar—stewed fruit: Sugar in stewed fruit; 7 Sugar—dried fruit; Sugar in dried fruit; % TE: total energy. P25–P75: Inter-Quartile Range (percentile 25th–75th).