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The sugar content of soft drinks in Australia, Europe and the United States
Author(s) -
Varsamis Pia,
Larsen Robyn N,
Dunstan David W,
Jennings Garry LR,
Owen Neville,
Kingwell Bronwyn A
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja16.01316
Subject(s) - content (measure theory) , sugar , soft drink , food science , medicine , chemistry , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Five samples of each soft drink from each region were analysed. * P < 0.05 v US concentration; y P < 0.05 v European concentration. The full data for the concentrations of glucose, fructose, and sucrose, and of total glucose and total fructose in each drink is included in the online Appendix. u Dlimit the drinking of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), Australians are particularly high consumers of such products. In the report of the Australian Health Survey, 39% of males and 29% of females over 2 years of age had consumed SSBs on the day prior to the interview in 2011e2012, and these drinks were the largest sources of sugar in the Australian diet.