WITH Easter just round the corner, supermarket shelves are teaming with Cadbury’s Creme Eggs.
But before you buy a few of the UK’s beloved chocolate fondant treats, you might want to head a mum’s warning about just how much sugar each little egg contains.
Each 40g Creme Egg contains 26.5g of sugar, according to Cadbury’s
Rebecca Bilham measured out the amount of sugar contained in each egg
According to Cadbury’s website, each 40g Creme Egg contains 26.5g of sugar, as well as 6.1g of fat and 3.7g of saturates.
While these numbers might not mean much to you, a picture shared by Facebook user Rebecca Bilham puts things into perspective.
The mum decided to measure out the 26.5g of sugar each egg contains.
She then posted a photo of the sugar pile next to the Creme Egg, with a two pence coin beside them for scale.
Rebecca captioned the image at the time [sic], “Warning, may upset Creme Egg lovers… this amount of sugar in ONE cream egg?? Surely not…crikey!”
Unsurprisingly, the post soon went viral, now with nearly 5,000 likes, 30,000 comments and 8,000 shares.
Many Facebook users found the photo hard to swallow, with one writing: “Wowsers! That’s A LOT of sugar. I love a creme egg but this is shocking”.
Others, however, were determined to continue indulging in the sickly-sweat delicacy.
One said: “Who cares? They are amazing! I could easily eat six at a time.”
And a few were unsurprised: “Why would anyone be surprised there is this much sugar in a delicious egg-shaped chocolate delight? That’s why it tastes so good!”
How much sugar can I eat in a day?
It might be helpful to know how much sugar it’s recommended we eat per day.
The NHS says adults should eat no more than no more than 30g of free sugars a day, which is roughly equivalent to seven sugar cubes.
Free sugars are sugars added to food or drinks such as biscuits, chocolate, flavoured yoghurts and fizzy drinks. They also include sugars that occur naturally, such as honey, maple, agave and golden syrups and unsweetened fruit juices, vegetable juices and smoothies.
For children between seven and 10, meanwhile, it’s best they have no more than 24g of free sugars a day, about six sugar cubes.
That’s less than is contained in a single Creme Egg, which has 26.5g.
And the allowance drops even lower for kids aged four to six, who shouldn’t be eating more than 19g.
So think again before you fill your Easter basket with Creme Eggs – you might want to allow yourself just the one if you’re trying to stick to your daily sugar allotment.
Speaking to The Sun, nutritionist Jess Hillard revealed six warning signs that your sweet tooth is getting the better of your health.
And food addiction coach Dr Bunmi Aboaba said he thought sugar was addictive, which is why people find it so hard to cut down on it.