How much sugar does your favourite Christmas tipple contain?

How much sugar does your favourite Christmas tipple contain? Baileys Iced Coffee can boasts five teaspoons of the white stuff while a bottle of flavoured Kopparberg cider has almost DOUBLE the recommended daily amount

  • ‘Absolute scandal’ has lead health campaigners to call for clearer information
  • Baileys Iced Coffee Latte has a whopping 19.8 grams – almost five teaspoons 
  • Strawberry or kiwi Kopparberg cider 500ml holding 53 grams – nearly 13 grams 

Britons have been stocking up for Christmas tipples without knowing the sugar content of their favorite festive drinks. 

This is because a lot of alcoholic beverage packages only show the alcohol percentage and not the staggering sugar amounts.

This ‘absolute scandal’ has lead health campaigners to call for clearer information on packaging as the worst offender packs a huge 13 teaspoons of sugar. Rekorderlig Strawberry Lime Cider 500ml contains 48 grams – more than 12 teaspoons

Baileys Iced Coffee Latte 200ml, has a whopping 19.8 grams - almost five teaspoons of sugar

Rekorderlig Strawberry Lime Cider 500ml contains 48 grams – more than 12 teaspoons while Baileys Iced Coffee Latte 200ml, has a whopping 19.8 grams – almost five teaspoons.

Tam Fry of the National Obesitywho gave in ‘Dry’ 2018 Forum said: ‘It is outrageous that there is no legal obligation on the alcohol industry to list nutritional information on its products.’

Before adding that it’s compulsory for food to show the information on its labelling, Tam added: ‘Unfortunately there are millions of drinkers quite unaware of the levels of sugar they consume and brewers and bottlers are corporately irresponsible for declining to tell them voluntarily.  

Kawther Hashem, a nutriosnist and researcher from Action on Sugar agreed.  

A 250ml can of Tesco Vodka Cranberry had 15.4g of sugar

Gordon's popular pink gin and tonic had more than two teaspoons in a small 250 ml can

A 250ml can of Tesco Vodka Cranberry had 15.4g of sugar – nearly four teaspoons while Gordon’s popular pink gin and tonic had more than two teaspoons in a small 250 ml can

‘It doesn’t even register that you could be consuming a third of your entire daily sugar maximum in just one can. It’s an absolute scandal,’ she said. 

The sugar content in one of the nation’s favourite Christmas drinks made for grim reading. 

Baileys original 1L bottle contained nine grams of sugar, more than two teaspoons but another product from the company, Baileys Iced Coffee Latte 200ml, has a whopping 19.8 grams – almost five teaspoons.  

Southern Comfort Egg Nog, a festive favourite, had five teaspoons - or 20 grams of sugar - in this container 

Southern Comfort Egg Nog, a festive favourite, had five teaspoons – or 20 grams of sugar – in this container 

Those opting for a lighter, more fruity option around the Christmas table could be consuming almost 50 grams of sugar.   

Rekorderlig Strawberry Lime Cider 500ml contains 48 grams – more than 12 teaspoons while the worst offender, Strawberry or kiwi Kopparberg cider 500ml holding 53 grams – nearly 13 teaspoons.    

Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice Eggnog boasts 20 grams of sugar, five teaspoons.  

Baileys Original Irish Cream had nine grams of sugar in its larger bottle but 20 in its coffee can

Baileys Original Irish Cream had nine grams of sugar in its larger bottle but 20 in its coffee can

Mixed drinks will be a popular hit this year but even they contain large amounts of the white stuff, that isn’t clearly marked.   

The Sunday Express reported that it has seen hundreds of examples of supermarkets selling high-sugar pre-mixed alcoholic drinks without any nutritional information.

A 250ml can of Tesco Vodka Cranberry had 15.4g of sugar – nearly four teaspoons while Gordon’s popular pink gin and tonic had more than two teaspoons in a small 250 ml can. 

Aside from Tesco and Morrisons, retailers largely failed to show the sugar content on packaging. 

A Department of Health and Social Care spokeswoman told the Sunday Express: ‘We will continue to work closely with the alcohol industry to provide health information.’ 

 

 

 

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