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Most Supermarket Yogurts Contain More Sugar Than You Might Expect

By Amy Orciari Herman

Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Lorenzo Di Francesco, MD, FACP, FHM

Most supermarket yogurts are not low in sugar, according to a U.K.-based study published in BMJ Open.

Researchers assessed the nutrient content of nearly 900 yogurt products purchased from five U.K. online supermarkets. The products were classified into eight categories: children's yogurts, dairy alternatives, desserts, drinks, flavored, fruit, natural/Greek, or organic.

Only natural/Greek yogurts met the U.K.'s cutoff for its "low-sugar" designation (5 g total sugars/100 g). The median sugar content in all other categories exceeded that cutoff. Dessert yogurts had the most sugar, at 16 g/100 g, but sugar content was still higher than recommended in children's yogurts (11 g/100 g) and organic yogurts (13 g/100 g).

The researchers write, "What is worrisome is that yogurt, as a perceived 'healthy food,' may be an unrecognized source of free/added sugars in the diet." Of note, U.S. dietary guidelines advise that less than 10% of daily calories come from added sugars (that is, <50 g of sugar daily for a 2000-calorie/day diet).

BMJ Open article (Free)

Background: Physician's First Watch coverage of 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Free)