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Sugar Smart Quiz

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Complete our quiz to see how your intake of free sugars compares to the recommendations.
Which of the following are you most likely to have for breakfast?*
- A) Breakfast on the run – cereal bar, breakfast smoothie or breakfast biscuits
- B) Sugary cereal such as frosted flakes, honey coated loops, chocolate flavoured
- C) Wholegrain cereal or porridge with no sugar/honey added
- D) None of the above

Its mid-morning, what is your usual snack?*
- A) Fruit scone with butter and jam
- B) Small chocolate bar, mini muffin or a couple of biscuits
- C) Piece of fruit or dried fruit or 1 slice toast with butter/jam
- D) Nothing at all

Feeling like a sweet treat – what do you go for?*
- A) Slice of cake or apple tart
- B) Packet of sweets, jellies or a bar of chocolate
- C) A piece of fruit or dried fruit
- D) Don’t tend to have a sweet tooth, mostly choose savoury snacks

For your evening meal, you usually have….*
- A) Cooked meal with an added sauce like curry, sweet & sour, or other pre-prepared sauce
- B) Pizza, Burger and chips or other fast food style meal
- C) Traditional fare – meat, potatoes and vegetables
- D) Don’t always have an evening meal

You feel like a snack while watching a movie or television. You are most likely to choose:*
- A) Share a sharing size packets of chocolates or sweets
- B) Average size bar of chocolate (e.g. dairy milk 40g), portion of ice-cream, or a couple of chocolate biscuits
- C) ‘Fun size’ treat, small bag of sweet popcorn or mug low calorie hot chocolate
- D) I don't snack while watching tv or choose savoury snacks

You’re off to the movies. What treats do you buy?*
- A) Medium combo meal (sharing size pouch of sweets/chocolates, medium fizzy drink, medium popcorn)
- B) Ice cream sundae
- C) Popcorn and drink
- D) Don't tend to snack at the cinema

Thirst quenchers – which are you more likely to choose?*
- A) Ordinary sugary fizzy drink
- B) Flavoured water or a fruit juice drink such as Capri-sun, cranberry juice drink
- C) Diet fizzy drink or sugar free flavoured water
- D) Unflavoured water (still or sparkling)

Feeling fruity? You go for...*
- A) Frozen berry drink from large coffee shop chain
- B) Bottle of smoothie
- C) Glass of fruit juice
- D) Don't drink these types of drink

When it comes to café style beverages, you generally*
- A) Go for a flavoured coffee (e.g. vanilla or hazelnut), or a hot chocolate
- B) Choose tea/coffee, cappuchino, latte and add sugar to taste
- C) Prefer to have herbal tea, plain tea/coffee, but don’t add any sugar
- D) Don’t choose these types of drinks

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