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Red alert for festive hot drinks - overloaded with sugar

Something to think about before buying drinks from high street coffee chains

03-Dec-2019

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Up to 23 spoons of sugar per cup found in seasonal lattes and hot chocolates sold at 9 coffee chains.

These are Caffe Nero, Starbucks, Costa, KFC, Greggs, McDonald's, Eat, Leon and Pret a Manger.

Analysed more than 200 drinks from these high street coffee chains.

Coffee shops and cafes need to take more steps to reduce the levels of sugar and portion sizes.

Consumers should pay attention to "carbohydrates (of which sugars)" figure in nutrition labels.

Study by Action on Sugar.

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A registered charity in UK affiliated to Queen Mary University of London

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