Table 11.
Sources of added sugars among adults (19+ years) overall and across income strata, NHANES 2011–18: food categoriesa and ranking by added sugars as a percentage of total daily added sugars intake; values based on first day dietary recall.
| Food category | All individuals (n = 19,765)b | Low (PIRc < 1.35) (n = 6,123) | Medium (1.35<PIR<.85) (n = 2,226) | High (PIR > 1.85) (n = 9,624) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SE)d | Rank | Mean (SE) | Rank | Mean (SE) | Rank | Mean (SE) | Rank | |
| Soft drinks | 25.10 (0.61) | 1 | 32.07 (1.05) | 1 | 28.21 (1.77) | 1 | 21.36 (0.76) | 1 |
| Tea | 8.20 (0.47) | 2 | 9.56 (0.77) | 2 | 8.27 (0.81) | 2 | 7.76 (0.55) | 2 |
| Cakes and pies | 5.81 (0.24) | 3 | 4.77 (0.39) | 5 | 5.28 (0.75) | 4 | 6.46 (0.40) | 3 |
| Fruit drinks | 5.61 (0.28) | 4 | 7.06 (0.47) | 3 | 6.46 (0.68) | 3 | 4.73 (0.40) | 6 |
| Cookies and brownies | 5.07 (0.16) | 5 | 4.15 (0.22) | 7 | 5.14 (0.55) | 5 | 5.47 (0.24) | 4 |
| Sugars and honey | 5.04 (0.16) | 6 | 5.82 (0.32) | 4 | 5.03 (0.45) | 6 | 4.62 (0.22) | 7 |
| Ice cream and frozen dairy desserts | 4.20 (0.19) | 7 | 2.81 (0.22) | 8 | 3.90 (0.39) | 7 | 4.84 (0.27) | 5 |
| Sport and energy drinks | 3.34 (0.23) | 8 | 4.58 (0.54) | 6 | 3.25 (0.54) | 9 | 2.75 (0.23) | 10 |
| Candy containing chocolate | 3.23 (0.17) | 9 | 2.31 (0.18) | 9 | 3.32 (0.49) | 8 | 3.68 (0.27) | 8 |
| Candy not containing chocolate | 2.52 (0.16) | 10 | 2.24 (0.23) | 10 | 2.74 (0.25) | 11 | ||
| Jams, syrups, toppings | 2.40 (0.14) | 11 | 1.74 (0.23) | 13 | 2.00 (0.31) | 11 | 2.83 (0.20) | 9 |
| RTEe cereal, higher sugar (>21.2 g/100 g) | 2.33 (0.08) | 12 | 2.19 (0.19) | 11 | 2.56 (0.26) | 10 | 2.38 (0.12) | 12 |
| Doughnuts, sweet rolls, pastries | 2.29 (0.11) | 13 | 2.14 (0.18) | 12 | 2.25 (0.12) | 13 | ||
| Total daily added sugars intakef (g/day) | 69.29 (0.84) | 80.41 (1.7) | 71.57 (1.82) | 65.32 (0.99) | ||||
a
Those contributing at least 2% to total daily added sugars intake among all individuals (19+ years); empty cells represent a food category contributing <2%.
b
Sample size for all individuals is larger than the total of the sample sizes for all PIR groups due to missing information for some individuals (income not reported).
c
PIR, poverty income ratio.
d
SE, standard error.
e
RTE, ready-to-eat.
f
Provided as reference to convert percentages to gram equivalents.