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Shocking sugar levels in High Street hot drinks

17-Feb-2016

Key points from article :

Some drinks contained more than 20 teaspoons of sugar.

98% of the drinks tested would receive a red nutritional value label for high sugar content

Worst offenders:

Starbucks Hot mulled fruit (25 teaspoons)

Costa Chai latte (20 teaspoons)

Starbucks White chocolate mocha (18 teaspoons)

Mentioned in this article:

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Action on Sugar

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

Graham MacGregor

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Chairman of Action on Sugar.

Kawther Hashem

Nutritionist at Action on Sugar.

NHS

UK National Health Service, publicly funded healthcare system in England

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Sugar