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Table 6 Percentage contribution of selected food groups to the intake of total sugars in adults and childrena

From: A review of total & added sugar intakes and dietary sources in Europe

Country

 

Adults

Children

Belgium [23, 53]

France (adapted from [25])

Italy [22, 29]

Spain [32, 33]

The Netherlands (adapted from [30])

France (adapted from [25])

Italy [22, 29]

Spain [32, 33]

The Netherlands (adapted from [30])

Age

>15

18 to 74

18–65

18–64

19 to 69

3 to 17

10 to 18

13 to 17

7 to 18

Gender

Both

Women

Men

Women

Men

Both

Women

Men

Girls

Boys

Girls

Boys

Both

Girls

Boys

Dairy

Total dairy

14*

17

14

12

8

23

19

17

21

23

12

11

24

18

17

 Milk, dairy beverages

4

5

4

7

6

12

9

9

9

9

9

9

13

10

8

 Dairy desserts

3

4

4

1

0

3

3

3

5

6

0

0

5

2

3

 Yoghurt

4

8

6

3

1

7

6

5

7

8

2

1

6

6

6

 Cheese

NA

0

0

1

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

Sweet products

Total sweet

27

32

32

35

38

21

32

34

32

31

36

38

24

35

32

 Cake & cookies

11

12

11

9

8

7

12

10

15

15

13

14

8

10

9

 Syrups, sugar, honey, jam

10

15

17

21

23

10

10

13

7

7

12

13

4

9

9

 Confectionary

6

2

2

0

3

3

1

1

1

5

5

 Chocolate

3

2

1

2

4

5

6

7

6

6

5

11

8

7

 Ice cream

NA

2

2

2

3

NA

2

2

3

3

4

5

NA

3

2

Beverages

Total Bev.

30

15

19

8

11

23

23

27

21

22

16

20

29

30

33

 F&V juices

6

6

5

3

3

6

9

7

9

7

9

9

12

9

8

 Soft drinks

19

5

7

3

4

11

11

16

9

11

5

8

17

21

25

 Hot beverages

NA

2

3

1

1

2

1

2

4

4

2

3

0

0

0

 Alcoholic bev

5

2

4

1

3

4

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Fruits & vegetables

18

25

22

34

31

24

16

11

14

12

25

19

12

9

7

Others

11

12

13

11

12

9

10

11

11

12

11

12

11

10

11

  1. aIn % of daily intake of added sugars- NA: not available- See text for details
  2. *total is higher that the sum of dairy items, as reported in the quoted source