Which foods contain a lot of sugar and which alternatives are possible
1. Fruit Juices
First we have to distinguish between nectar and pure fruit juice: Although the term sounds very natural, nectars are characterized by the fact that they do not consist of 100 percent fruit but are additionally enriched with water and sugar. So go for pure fruit juices from the start.
But also keep this in mind: This is highly concentrated fruit in quantities that you would never consume as a piece in one go. Therefore, only enjoy fruit juices in moderation and always dilute them with pure water.
The alternative: If you want more taste in your daily liquid intake, “Infused Water” is an alternative. This is water that is enriched with pieces of fruit in a carafe. This gives off a delicious, fresh taste without containing tons of sugar.
2. Canned and jarred vegetables
Aren’t pickles healthy too? Well, unfortunately we have to disappoint you here. Pickled foods also often contain a lot of sugar in their brew. You can see this especially with red cabbage.
The alternative: Of course, fresh vegetables are always a good choice. However, if you don’t go shopping, use frozen vegetables without cream sauce instead of canned goods.
3. Ready-made sauces and dips
Freshly cooked or vegetable slices chopped – and then quickly the ready-made sauce or the dip you bought? You have to save your time somewhere. Unfortunately at the expense of your health! Because ready-made sauces in particular contain enormous amounts of sugar. Even ready-made salad dressings are not nearly as innocent as they appear.
The alternative: It’s not as complicated as you might think. It is better to mix your own sauce here as well. It can be done very quickly, for example by simply mixing natural cream cheese or quark with herbs. Zack, the dip for the finger food is ready! And without any sugar.
4. Muesli and cornflakes
This shows again that the ready-made mixtures, no matter how healthy they look, usually contain a lot of sugar. While we still suspect this with chocolate cornflakes, a healthy-looking muesli mix is sometimes quite deceiving.
The alternative: Buy the ingredients that you like to have in your muesli individually. For example oat flakes, nuts, seeds, dried fruit. Make sure that these are pure and unprocessed. Now you can certainly mix your muesli together without sugar in the morning – and you can also do it individually according to your preferences!
5. Fruit Yogurt
Fruit yoghurt – sounds really healthy, doesn’t it? Unfortunately he isn’t at all. Unfortunately, we have to classify a purchased fruit yoghurt as a real sweet. In just 150 grams of it there are a total of six sugar cubes. Way too much!
The alternative: just mix your own fruit yoghurt! Sugar-free natural yoghurt or low-fat natural quark with fresh or frozen fruit not only tastes better, it also contains no additives apart from fructose.
