The Sugar and Fat Content of Some Frequently Eaten Foods and Drinks
Number of
Sugar Cubes
Food / Drink
Number of
Teaspoons
Number of Fat
Pats
Sweets
1 Tube fruit Pastilles (52.5g)
10
6
-
1 Bar Milk Chocolate (45g)
8
5
2
1 Bag of Jelly Babies (190g)
48
28 ½
-
1 Bag Boiled Sweets (180g)
42
25
-
1 Bag Toffees (170g)
27
16 ½
4 1/3
1 Mars Bar (51g)
10
6
1 1/3
1 Tube Polo Mints (34g)
11
6½
-
1 Large bag of Maltesers (121g)
21
12 ½
4 1/3
3 Chocolate Biscuits Bourbons
4
2½
1 1/3
3 Jaffa Cakes
6
4
½
1 Milk Chocolate Digestive
2
1
2/3
1 Chocolate Biscuit e.g. Penguin
3
1½
1
1 Can Coke (330ml)
12
7
-
1 Bottle of Lucozade (380ml)
11
6½
-
1 Carton of diluted Ribena (288ml)
10
6
-
1 Can Sprite (330ml)
7
4½
-
1 Can Fanta (330ml)
13
8
-
1 Lucozade Sport Orange (500ml)
6
3½
-
1 Can Red Bull (250ml)
9
5½
-
1 Scoop Plain Ice-cream (60g)
4
2½
2/3
1 Tsp jam
1
½
-
1 Packet Walkers Crisps (34.5g)
-
-
1 2/3
1 Packet Walkers Baked Crisps (37.5g)
1
½
½
1 Packet Nuts, Roasted and Salted (50g)
-
-
3½
Medium Sausage Roll (60g)
-
-
2
Biscuits
Drinks
Miscellaneous
The above values are approximate and may alter if the product is reformulated.
Notes:
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Each sugar cube weighs 3g and the total number is calculated to the nearest cube. Sugar cubes weighing
3g include Silver Spoon sugar cubes and McKinney’s sugar cubes.
The equivalent number of teaspoons of sugar is calculated to the nearest ½ teaspoon. Each teaspoon of
sugar weighs 5g.
Each fat pat, e.g. mini packs of butter weighs 7g and the total number is calculated to the nearest 1/3 pat.
Whole nuts are not suitable for under fives.