The Effects of Sugar on the Body

Where does your added sugar come from?

Added sugars are sugars added during the processing of foods. Added sugars include foods packaged as sweeteners, sugars from syrups and honey, and sugars from concentrated fruit or vegetable juices. Added sugars do not include naturally occurring sugars in milk, fruits, and vegetables.

The leading sources of added sugars in the US diet are sugar-sweetened beverages, desserts, and sweet snacks. Examples of desserts and sweet snacks are cookies, brownies, cakes, pies, ice cream, frozen dairy desserts, doughnuts, sweet rolls, and pastries.