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Table 3. Sugar checklist
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No or low
Sugar
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High in
Sugar
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| Tablet, liquid or powdered artificial sweeteners |
Sugar (brown, raw, white), syrups |
| Low joule jam/marmalade. Promite, Vegemite,
meat/fish paste, 100% fruit spreads |
Jam, marmalade, syrups, Nutella |
| Low joule cordial/soft drinks, plain mineral/soda
water, pure fruit juice – limit to 120 mL per day,
low fat milk, low fat artificially sweetened flavoured
milk, dry wines or spirits - limit to one to two drinks/day
with two alcohol free days per week |
Ordinary cordial, soft drinks, flavoured mineral water,
eg. Spritz, Lucozade, tonic water, fruit juice drinks,
ordinary flavoured milk
Alcoholic drinks high in sugar, eg. sweet wine/sherry,
port, liqueurs, ordinary beer
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| Sugar free lollies sweetened
with Splenda or acesulfamane K, eg. sugar free Kaiser,
Double D, Ricci drops, Lido glace drops |
Confectionery: lollies, cough lollies, chocolate(ordinary/diabetic/carob)
diabetic sweets sweetened with sorbitol or mannitol,
muesli/health bars, eg. sesame bars
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No or low Sugar |
High
in Sugar |
| Wholegrain crispbreads/crackers, shredded
wheatmeal or Milk Arrowroot biscuits, wholemeal low fat
scones, fruit loaf |
Sweet biscuits, eg. cream, chocolate, shortbread.
Cakes, doughnuts, iced buns, sweet pastries |
| Low joule jelly, fresh or tinned
stewed fruit without sugar drained, custard or junket
made with sweetener and low fat milk, ‘no added sugar’
low fat instant desserts, low fat plain and fruit yoghurt,
Dairy Belle Lite icecream or Vitari (one to two scoops
or light ice cream one scoop), low joule ice cream topping |
Sweet desserts, ordinary jelly, fruit in sugar syrup,
fruit pies, cheesecake, puddings
Ordinary yoghurt or icecream
Icecream toppings
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| Low sugar, low fat, high fibre cereals,
eg. porridge, Vitabrits, Weetbix, Ready Wheats, Allbran,
Weeties, Guardian, Mini-wheats |
Sweet cereals, eg. Nutrigrain, Honeysmacks, Sugar Frosties
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