Text alternative: Sugar in snack foods

The following snack foods are high in sugar and not healthy options: 

• 2 sweet biscuits: 3 teaspoons sugar*
  
• muesli bar: 4 teaspoons sugar*
  
• small bottle of soft drink (390 ml): 10 teaspoons sugar*
  
• large chocolate frog: 5 teaspoons sugar*
  
• 3 fingers of lamington cake: 6 teaspoons sugar*
  
• 6 snake lollies: 7 teaspoons sugar*
  

The following snack foods have no added sugar and are healthy options:

• vegetable sticks
• plain popcorn
• salad on cracker
• strawberries
• tap water only
  
• cheese cubes

* Nutritional values obtained from calorieking.com.au, July 2010. One level teaspoon of sugar is equivalent to 4 grams of sugar. All values were rounded to the nearest whole number.

March 2022 @ NSW Health. SHPN (COHS) 220212. Developed by Western Sydney Local Health District. Sponsored by the Centre for Oral Health Strategy NSW