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Food: added sugars are omnipresent in processed product recipes
Added sugars appear very frequently on the list of ingredients of processed products from the food industry. A survey reveals its omnipresence in food.
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Added sugars appear very frequently on the list of ingredients of processed products from the food industry. A survey reveals its omnipresence in food.
Whether plain, vinegared, or salted, they have one thing in common: a bowl of chips contains around eight pieces of sugar. For a slice of frozen pizza, there would be the equivalent of five. Sugar is found everywhere, including in foods from which we think it is absent: this is what a study by ANSES, the national food safety agency, demonstrates. The latter reviewed nearly 40,000 products, a first in Europe.
A worrying assessment
The survey reveals significant figures for the presence of sugar in these processed foods: at least 94% of prepared sauces contain sugar. This is 87% for infant milk, 84% for cold meats, 77% for fresh catered products and 71% for fresh cooked meals. This omnipresence of sugar would be useful for manufacturers according to ANSES, since it could have an acidity correcting effect.
