Assessment of artificial and natural sweeteners present in packaged non-alcoholic beverages (NABs) sold on the Singapore market.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New Nutri-Grade labelling, aimed at reducing Singaporeans' sugar consumption will be implemented for all pre-packaged non-alcoholic beverages (NABs) sold in retail outlets from end 2021 onwards. It is expected such labelling will have a major impact on sugar content of beverages, as well as the replacement of sugar with non-caloric alternatives.

Methods

This study used product label data obtained from in-store surveys to investigate sugar and sweetener composition of NABs present on the Singapore market. Using this data we calculated products prospective Nutri-Grade classification in order to compare the current market composition with relation to sugar and/or sweetener use.

Results

Over half of the NABs on market were sweetened with sugar (59%) and were as

SUBMITTER: Tan R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8520227 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature