healthy choices contain as much sugar as an iced doughnut, a study found. More than half have more sugar per 100g than Haribo Starmix sweets.
According to research by Action on Sugar (AoS), Tesco’s Apple & Sultana Bars and Asda’s Yogurt Coated Cranberries were among the worst and found to contain about four teaspoons of sugar per serving.
The campaign group’s analysis of 56 types of fruit-based snacks, many aimed at children, found they all merited a red label for high sugar content in the traffic-light warning system used on food packaging.The study found while processed dried fruit products were marketed as “healthy snacks” because of their high fruit content, the sugars in them were categorised by Public Health England as “free.