Desktop drinks with high sugar content 1 cup = 14 sugar
The desktop drink contains a high sugar crisis. The Consumer Council test found that the sugar content of the five tea-making drinks, one cup has exceeded the upper limit of the daily sugar intake of adults, the highest one, the matcha latte in the tea cup of Tsuen Wan Cang-cho, one cup of daily drink is more equal to swallowing 14 Granular sugar cubes.
The Consumer Council said that even if the tea drinks have been “sweetened”, they are not completely “sugar-free” and the average sugar content is also high. The Food Safety Center said that excessive sugar intake can increase obesity and the risk of chronic diseases.
In recent years, the shop selling desktop drinks has been tested in the market. The Consumer Council and the Food Safety Center have tested 8 samples of 127 tea drinks. The passion fruit black tea is the sweetest of the 8 test drinks, with an average sugar content of 7.1 per 100 grams. Gram; followed by jasmine green tea and honey green tea, each containing an average of 6.1 grams and 5.8 grams of sugar per 100 grams. Pearl milk tea and cheese milk green tea have the lowest average sugar content, ranging from 3.5 to 5.0 grams.
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The WHO recommends that adults consume less than 50 grams of free sugar per day. Of the 78 stores, the sugar content of the five drinks exceeds the maximum recommended daily intake of WHO. Fuhua Center’s “Cagemachi Tea” Matcha has the highest content of latte, with 72 grams of sugar per cup, which is equivalent to swallowing 14 cubes of sugar. The daily drink is already “exceeded” 44%; fresh holly green tea in the same shop There are also 50 grams of sugar per cup.
Honey green tea from Kwai Fong Plaza “Qing Yu”, honey green tea at “101 Meat Dry Rice Specialist” in Tuen Mun Mei Ke Building, Mango Green Tea at Hennessy Road in Wan Chai, Wan Chai, from 51 to 55 The gram is equal to 10 to 11 cubes of sugar, and a cup of drink has equal or exceeded the daily limit of sugar intake.
Many people will “sweet” when they buy tabletop drinks. However, the Consumer Council has found that the frozen passion fruit black tea (big cup) of “Sam Seng Rock” in Xibao City, Western District, even if it is not added, is still included in every 100 grams. 8.9 grams of sugar, a high-sugar drink, drink a cup of 43 grams of sugar, is recommended daily 86% of sugar intake.
The Chief Medical Officer (Risk Assessment and Communication) of the Centre for Food Safety (Wu Zhixiang) explained that the term “no sugar” means no additional sugar, but the drink will still contain certain sugar. It may not be completely “sugar-free”, reminding restaurants or beverage shops to Consumer description. He said that excessive intake of sugar can cause problems such as obesity and overweight, thereby increasing the risk of hypertension and heart disease.
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Chen Jinrong, Chairman of the Consumer Council’s Publicity and Community Relations Group, said that every cup of prepared tea drink is prepared by hand. The sugar content added to each cup may not be the same every time. Even if the consumer orders the order, he has asked the shop to go sugar or go. Sweet, but there may be sugar in the material, so the sugar is not necessarily less.
Chen Jinrong believes that the market’s brewed tea drinks “has a big cup in one cup”. It is recommended that the industry should provide more drinks, such as 250 ml drinks, in addition to the drinks in the middle or small cups. Choose to avoid reducing the intake of excess sugar. He continued that the industry and restaurants should conduct quality management, develop standard procedures for making drinks, and use standard measuring spoons to add the required amount of sugar and other sugary raw materials.