Most Common Sources of Added Sugar

Most Common Sources of Added Sugar

According to the American Heart Association, these food groups contribute the highest percentage of total added-sugar to diets of Americans. (Added sugar is sugar added to food during the manufacturing process or at the table, not sugars that occur naturally in foods like fruit.)

Regular soft drinks

33.0%

Sugars and candy

16.1

Cakes, cookies, pies

12.9

Fruit drinks (fruitades and fruit punch)

9.7

Dairy desserts and milk products (ice cream, sweetened yogurt, and sweetened milk)

8.6

Other grains (cinnamon toast and honey-nut waffles)

5.8

 

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