Table 7.
Contribution (%) of NDNS RP food group sources to intake of sugars by age (19–64 Years) (NDNS 2014–2016)*.
| Adults, 19–64 Years (n = 1082) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Added Sugars (EFSA) 1 | Free Sugars (WHO) 2 | Free Sugars (SACN) 3 | Sugar—Honey | Sugar—Fruit Juice | Sugar—Pureed Fruit | Sugar—Stewed Fruit | Sugar—Dried Fruit | |
| Cereals and cereal products | 31.6 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 11.5 | 2.6 | 10.2 | 14.7 | 32.6 |
| Breakfast cereals | 5.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 13.0 |
| Biscuits, buns, cakes, pastries, fruit pies | 20.5 | 16.6 | 16.5 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 9.8 | 14.1 | 18.3 |
| Pasta, rice, bread and other cereals | 5.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
| Sugars, preserves, confectionery | 29.3 | 26.0 | 25.7 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 12.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| Sugars 4, preserves, sweet spreads | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 11.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sugars consumed in tea and coffee | 13.0 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Sugar confectionery | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Chocolate confectionery | 8.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| Milk and milk products | 7.1 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 15.7 | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| Yogurt, fromage frais, dairy desserts | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| Ice cream | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Cream and other milks 5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Fruits and fruit products | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 4.2 | 9.1 |
| Non-alcoholic beverages | 16.6 | 21.4 | 21.8 | 0.0 | 41.0 | 12.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Fruit and vegetable juice | 0.0 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 23.4 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Soft drinks 6 (not diet 7) | 16.3 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Soft drinks 6 (diet 7) | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Alcoholic beverages | 0.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 0.0 | 31.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Miscellaneous | 6.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
| Beverages dry weight 8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Soups | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Savoury sauces and condiments | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 2.1 | 2.7 |
| Bases (unweighted) | 1082 | 1082 | 1082 | 1082 | 1082 | 1082 | 1082 | 1082 |
| % consumers | 100 | 100 | 100 | 27 | 91 | 63 | 29 | 48 |
NDNS: UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey. 1 Added sugars (European Food Safety Authority, EFSA): Sugar—table + Sugar—other; 2 Free sugars (World Health Organisation, WHO): Added sugars (EFSA) + Sugar—honey + Sugar—fruit juice; 3 Free sugars (UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition, SACN): Free sugars (WHO) + Sugar—pureed fruit. 4 Discreationary sugars added to foods and drinks, apart from tea and coffee; 5 Other milks include milkshake, coffee whitener, milk drinks, hot chocolate, milk alternatives, dried milk and milks other than cows’ milk. 6 Soft drinks include squashes, cordials, tonic water, energy drinks, all types of still and carbonated soft drinks and ice tea. 7 Diet refers to low-calorie, no-added-sugar and sugar-free varieties. 8 Beverages dry weight includes instant and powder forms of drinking chocolate, cocoa, malted drinks, milk shake powder, tea and coffee such as cappuccino, latte and mocha with sugar. *Some food groups such as meats are removed as they don’t have relevance to this table. Therefore, the sum of % contributions may not always add up to % consumers.