Nearly 8 in 10 French eat sugar at least once a week
Nearly eight out of ten French consume sugar at least once a week, according to an analysis published by the Center for Studies and Documentation of sugar (Cedus) September 29. This analysis is based on a survey by the National Individual food consumption (Inca), conducted by the French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA). The French eat mostly sugar mouth at breakfast.
White or red, added to yoghurt or a cake, sugar mouth “is the sugar that the French use as food.
Breakfast accounts for 47% of total sugar consumed by mouth in adults, and 33% of total sugar consumed mouth by children.
The French consume mostly white sugar sprinkled on the fresh dairy products, fruits, or added to coffee or tea. This way of eating sugar represents more than 50% of consumption.
The sugar used for pastries and homemade cakes and jams the sugar house are two other major categories of consumption of sugar mouth.
Children consume on average half the sugar of mouth than adults: 5 grams per day, against 11.5 grams per day. This difference is partly explained by the consumption of hot drinks like tea or coffee.
Men are more likely than women to consume white sugar. However, women consume more sugar over the pastry and homemade cakes.
35% of adults surveyed consume a product reduced sugar at least once a week, as a drink, fresh or stewed.
Women use particular sugar diet products with a high proportion of people dieting.
Consumers of low-sugar ingest fewer calories, alcohol, fat, but nevertheless the class of consumers whose contribution of sugars in their caloric intake is most important.
This can be explained by their tendency to consume more dairy products, sugar and fruit at the expense of carbohydrates.
The Center for Studies and Documentation of sugar (Cedus) published this analysis in conjunction with the Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions (Credoc).
These results were obtained in a study by the National Individual food consumption (Inca), conducted by the French Agency for Food Safety (AFSSA) with 4,000 children and adults in 2006 and 2007.