According to a recently published study, it seems that children's fruit juices' sugar levels are extremely high, sometimes even more so than Coca Cola.
Action on Sugar, a campaign group based on the United Kingdom that lobbies against excessive sugar in food, released a report recently talking about fruit juices' sugar amounts, according to the BBC.
In the report, they say that many of these fruit juices' sugar levels are high enough to contain at least six teaspoons of it (which is more than Pepsi or Coke), all while being contained in cartons that are actually larger than what recommended.
The fruit juices' sugar report studied more than 200 juices and drinks based on juices, according to The Independent. It seems than more than one quarters of the entirety of these drinks contained as much sugar as a glass of Coca Cola, an amazing 6 teaspoons per 250ml.
The study focused on children's fruit juices' sugar quantities, due to the fact that they're aimed to be healthy for kids, which means their parents will buy these drinks for them thinking they're good for their kids.
"It is a complete scandal that these drinks are marketed to children and parents as if they are 'healthy'; this has to stop," said the chairman of Action of Sugar, professor Graham MacGregor.
According to The Guardian, the campaigners said that the fruit juices and sugar are a "major and unnecessary" concern, as they contain ridiculous amounts of sugars and calories in a country that's seeing a rise in the obesity epidemic that has taken many places by storm. Also, these factors are contributing to tooth decay and type 2 diabetes in children.
Campaigners for the Action of Sugar group stated that these fruit juices with sugar should be a treat for once in a while, but the truly worrying part is the fact that these children actually take them every day because their parents think they're healthy.
