As a rough guide, try to keep to 11 teaspoons of sugar per day and eat foods containing sugar at meal times only.

Desserts

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Angel delight
1 packet
8
Ice Cream
Family Block
9
Dream Topping
1 sachet
2
Choc Sauce
3 teaspoons
2
Instant Custard
1 packet
7
Instant Whip
1 packet
1.5
Jelly
1 packet
19
Fruit in Syrup
1 small tin
5
Trifle Mix
1 packet
3.5
Fruit Yoghurt
1 small carton
4.5
Rice Pudding
1 tin
2.5

Soft Drinks

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Slush Puppy
1 small cup
6.5
Blackcurrant cordial
4fl ozs
4
Bitter Lemon
1 glass
4
Coca Cola
1 can
7
Ginger Ale
1glass
3
Lemonade
1 glass
3.5
Orange Squash
1 glass
2.5
Lucozade
1 glass
8
Ribena
1 glass
5
Tizer
1 glass
4.5
Tonic water
1 glass
2.5
Vimto
1 glass
3

Biscuits

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Choc Digestive
1 biscuit
2
Choc Wafer
1 biscuit
1
Digestive
1 biscuit
0.5
Gingernuts
1 biscuit
1
Jaffa Cakes
1 biscuit
1.5
Lincoln
1 biscuit
0.5
Rich Tea
1 biscuit
0.5
Savoury Cracker
1 biscuit
Trace
Shortcake
1 biscuit
1

Spreads

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Choc spread
2 teaspoons
2.5
Honey
2 teaspoons
2.5
Jam
2 teaspoons
2.5
Lemon Curd
2 teaspoons
2
Marmalade
2 teaspoons
2.5
Syrup
2 teaspoons
2.5
Treacle
2 teaspoons
2.5
Peanut butter
2 teaspoons
0.5

Sauces & Pickles

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Brown Sauce
3 teaspoons
1
Salad Cream
3 teaspoons
0.5
Sweet Pickle
3 teaspoons
1
Tomato Ketchup
3 teaspoons
1

Tinned Vegetables

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Baked Beans
1 med tin
2
Peas
1 small tin
0.5
Sweetcorn
1 med tin
1.5

Confectionery

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Aero
1 bar
4
Boiled sweets
1 tube
10
Milk Chocolate
1 small bar
6
Plain Chocolate
1 small bar
6
Crunchie
1 bar
6
Dolly Mixtures
1 box (4oz)
20
Fruit Gums
1 tube
3
Fruit Pastilles
1 tube
6.5
Kit Kat
1 small bar
4
Liquorice Allsorts
1 box (4oz)
18
Snickers
1 bar (std)
2.5
Mars Bar
King size
5
Milky Way
1 bar (std)
1.5
Murray Mints
1 tube
10
Polo mints
1 tube
5
Smarties
1 tube
4.5
Topic
1 bar (std)
3.5
Twix
2 biscuit
3.5
Yorkie
1 bar
6

Cakes

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Sponge Cake
1 med slice
0.5
Scones
1 scone
0.5
Cheese/Plain
1 scone
0
Sandwich cake
1 med slice
4.5
Lemon meringue pie
1 med slice
3.5
Currant Buns
1 bun
1.5
Chocolate Cake
1 med slice
2

Soups

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Tinned Tomato
1 bowl
1
Minestrone
1 packet
0.5

Cereals

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Muesli (with sugar)
2 tablespoons
2
Sugar Puffs
6 tablespoons
0.5
Cornflakes
6 tablespoons
0.5
All Bran
3 tablespoons
1

Beverages

Product
1 Portion Amount
Sugar Per Portion (teaspoon)
Bournvita
3 teaspoons
1.5
Hot Chocolate
3 teaspoons
2.5
Horlicks
3 teaspoons
1
Ovaltine
3 teaspoons
1