The main source of sugar intake among processed foods is this...Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Reveals Sugar Content Information Collection
Feb 18, 2025
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Saccharides are sweetened components among carbohydrates, and are naturally divided into natural sugars contained in food and added sugars added during food processing and cooking. It is pointed out that processed foods often contain added sugars, so frequent or excessive consumption of processed foods with high sugar content can lead to excessive consumption of sugars.
The Food and Drug Administration's sugar content information book classifies the food types of processed foods into snacks and staples, and displays the sugar content per serving in the average and minimum to maximum range.
In 2022, the total sugar intake of the Korean people was 58.3g, maintaining a similar trend for five years. Saccharide intake from processed foods accounted for approximately 60% of the total saccharide intake.
The average sugar intake in Korea is lower than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation criteria, but it has been found that some children, adolescents, and youth age groups exceed the recommendation criteria.
In addition, beverages (32.2%) were the main source of sugar intake among processed foods, followed by snacks, bread, and rice cakes (15.7%) and sugars (11.1%).
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety extracted a list of processed foods corresponding to the list of high-frequency and high-consumption foods from the raw data of the National Health and Nutrition Survey and analyzed sugar content data by classifying them into a list of 125 foods.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety suggested that processed foods have a large difference in sugar content from product to product, so check nutritional labeling, select foods with low sugar content, and check reduced product labeling if you want products with low sugar content. If it is reduced by more than 10% from the average sugar value of products in the market or by more than 25% compared to its own similar products
You can make a mark such as 'less'. In addition, he advised controlling the absolute intake of sugars from syrups in coffee and sauces sprayed on food.
Reporter Kim So-hyung compact@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
