Calories : 364.00 kcal per 100g
Sugar : 10.70 g per 100g
Salt : 0.06 g per 100g
Fat : 4.68 g per 100g
Organisation | US Department of Agriculture |
The Estimated Average Requirement for Energy (a prescribed amount to maintain a healthy body weight) for a female age: 6 is 1482 kcal 1 (p.83-85)
The World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) recommends that the maximum proportion of energy from all sugars (intrinsic and added) is: 5% and a strong recommendation of an absolute maximum of 10%
The energy value of a gram of Sugar is 3.8 kcal.1 (p.93)
W.H.O. Recommended maximum sugar intake for age: 6 and sex:female is
5% x 1482 / 3.8 = 19.5g of Sugar per day
4.9 cubes
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and the Absolute maximum is
39g of Sugar per day.
Nb. The W.H.O2 recommendations for maximum sugar intake are considerably lower than those of the NHS3.