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Added Sugars

Note Dose dependent Food and drink

Decode Label notes Added Sugars for information in food and drink (dose dependent). It appears in 523 of the 912 published products we have analysed (57.3%).

The concern

Free sugar - WHO advises keeping it under 10% of energy, ideally under 5%

Sugars added to food, and the sugars in honey, syrups and fruit juice concentrates, are "free sugars". The WHO guideline recommends that they stay below 10% of total energy intake and suggests below 5% for additional benefit. Where the sugar sits in the ingredient list and how many grams the panel declares is what matters; this is information, because the nutrition score already prices the grams.

Most relevant to

Anyone eating this regularly Children People with diabetes

Cited authority

WHO, Guideline: Sugars intake for adults and children (2015)

How common it is in this catalogue

Measured across every product Decode Label has analysed — not estimated, and not taken from anyone else's dataset.

523 of 912 published products 57.3%

By category

Food 453
Beverages 49
Health & Supplements 9
Baby & Kids 6
Skincare 2
Bath & Body 1
Oral Care 1
Other 1
Haircare 1

Identity

Also appears on labels as

Sugar Refined Sugar Invert Sugar Invert Sugar Syrup Invert Syrup Liquid Glucose Dried Glucose Syrup Dextrose

Questions

Are Added Sugars safe?

The concern is cited to WHO, Guideline: Sugars intake for adults and children (2015). Why it is flagged: Free sugar - WHO advises keeping it under 10% of energy, ideally under 5%. It appears in 523 of the 912 published products we have analysed (57.3%).

How common are Added Sugars in Indian packaged products?

Decode Label found Added Sugars in 523 of 912 published products (57.3%), most often in Food, Beverages, Health & Supplements.

Who should be most careful with Added Sugars?

Anyone eating this regularly; Children; People with diabetes.

Products containing Added Sugars

523 published products, each with its own full analysis.

4700BC Nutty Tuxedo Chocolate Popcorn 5 Grain Mix Pudina Punch 7 BAZAARI™ Premium Chocolate Dates with Almonds 7UP Soft Drink ACME Poshan Nutri Puffs Tomato Twist ACT II Nachoz Cheese ACT II Nachoz Combo Pack ASHA SWEET CENTER Handcrafted Mysore Pak Act II Cheese Nachoz All In One Alpenliebe Gold Candy Stick - Cream Strawberry Alpenliebe Gold, Caramel Candy Alpenliebe Juzt Jelly, Strawberry Pouch Amajain Instant Sattvik Healthy Idli Sambar, Ready-t... Americana Butter Cookies Americana Coconut Cookies Amul Bitter 90% Chocolate, 150 Gram Amul India Twilight Tryst Dark Chocolate Amul Mystic Mocha Chocolate, 150 Grams B Natural Guava Juice, Vit C & E, 1 litre B natural Apple Juice B natural Cranberry Flavoured Cooler B natural Guava B natural Litchi B natural Mixed Fruit B natural Orange BAKEMATE Power Crunch Chocolate BE'BE' BURP Choco Multigrain Cookies for Kids BONN Jeera Bite Biscuits BRB Shortcuts - Protein Wafer Bites BREW LAB Custard Ice-Cream Mix Vanilla Flavour BREW LAB FREEZE ICE CREAM MIX VANILLA Flavour BREWLAB Freeze Ice Cream Mix Strawberry Flavour BRITANNIA Pure Magic chocolush delicious choco fille... BSN Syntha-6 Ultra Premium Protein Matrix Chocolate... Bagrry's Choco+ Multigrain Chocos Bagrry’s Crunchy Fruit & Nut With Cranberries Muesli Bajra Mix Desi Spicy BakeMate Butter Cookies Tin Box BakeMate Choco Moto Chocolate Bar Batchelors Cup A Soup Minestrone with Croutons Insta... Bhel Puri Bombay Mix Bhelpuri Mixture Bhikharam Chandmal All in one Mix Namkeens Mix Farsh... Bhikharam Chandmal Gulab Jamun Tin Sweets- Open & Ea... Bhikharam Chandmal Khatta Metha Namkeen Indian Snack... Biesca Besan Chocochip Cookies Big Bear Farms Handmade Caramel Toffee Bikano Bombay Mixture Bikano Chips Chatax Masala 80g - Crunchy & Spicy Bikano Crunchy Munchy Sweet Chilli Bikano Dry Petha Bikano Khatta Meetha Namkeen Bikano Rasgulla Bikano Teekha Mixture Bingo Bangin' Butter & Garlic Potato Chips Bingo Cream & Onion Potato Chips Bingo Mad Angles Achaari Masti Bingo Mad Angles Cheese Nachos Bingo Original Potato Chips Style Hot & Spicy Korean... Bingo Original Style Hot & Spicy Korean Style Bingo Popped Chips Indian Spice Mix with Peas Bingo Tedhe Medhe Masala Tadka Bingo Tomato Potato Chips Bingo XXX What The Puff! Chilli Cheese Bingo! Mad Angles Achaari Masti Bingo! Popped Chips Bonn Saltino Biscuit Bournvita 5 Star Magic Nutrition Drink Bournvita Chocolate Nutrition Drink Bran-O Milk Bread Bran-O Plus Asli Makhan Malai Bread Bran-O Plus High Fiber Sandwich Bread Bran-O Plus Multigrain Bread Bran-O Yummy White Bread, 100 gm Brew Lab Ice Cream Mix Vanilla Flavour Britannia 50-50 Maska Chaska Biscuits Britannia 50-50 Potazos Masti Masala Spicy Flavored... Britannia 50-50 Sweet & Salty Biscuits Britannia Cakes Fudge It Chocolate Brownie Britannia Flavoured Sandwich Biscuit Naughty Jam Britannia Gobbles Bar Cake Choco Chill Britannia Good Day Choco Chip Cookies Britannia Good Day Chunkies Tropical Coconut Cookies Britannia JimJam Pops - Crunchy Open Cookie with Van... Britannia Little Hearts Britannia Nice Time, 143g or 150g, Brown Britannia NutriChoice Digestive High Fibre Biscuits Britannia Potazos Masti Masala Spicy Flavored Crisps Britannia Rusk Toastea Premium Bake Britannia The Original Bourbon - Creme Biscuit with... Britannia Tiger Krunch Chocochips Cookies Britannia Treat Croissant Britannia Treat Croissant Share Pack Britannia Treat Crème Wafers - Orange Flavoured Wafe... CEREGROW Multigrain Milk & Fruits Cereal CERELAC Baby Food Cereal CHOCO BLAST Roasted Almond Flavor Choco Filled Waffl... CRAX Biggies Chilli Cheese CRAX Cheese Balls CRAX Corn Rings Masala Mania CRAX Masala Punch Potato Chips CRAX Natkhat Masala Wheat Puffs CRAX Ragi Chips Peri Peri CRUMBS Healthy Ragi Peanut Butter Cookies Cadbury 5 Star Kitted Pack Chocolate Bars Cadbury Bournville Cranberry 50% Dark Chocolate Bar Cadbury Bournville Fruit & Nut 50% Dark Chocolate Ba... Cadbury Bournville Orange 50% Dark Chocolate Bar Cadbury Bournvita Biscuits Cadbury ChocChip Cookies Cadbury ChocFilled Cookies Minion Pack Cadbury Dairy Milk Crackle Chocolate Bar Cadbury Dairy Milk Family Pack Chocolate Bar Cadbury Dairy Milk Lickables Chocolate Cadbury Dairy Milk Milkinis Chocolate Bars Cadbury Dairy Milk Roast Almond Chocolate Bar Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk Chocolate Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk Chocolate Bar - Roast Almond Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk Chocolate Bars

…and 403 more.

Method and limits

  • Prevalence counts published products whose decoded ingredient list matches this substance or one of its label synonyms, using the same matching the score itself uses. It describes our catalogue of 912 products, not the Indian market as a whole.
  • Presence is not dose. An ingredient list gives order, not quantity, unless the pack declares a percentage. Nothing here estimates how much of this substance any product contains.
  • A classification is not a verdict on a product. An agency classifies a substance under defined conditions of exposure; whether that matters in a given food or cosmetic depends on route, concentration and use.
  • No regulatory rows. This substance is not matched in our regulatory warehouse, so the concern above rests on the cited authority alone.
  • Last updated. This register entry was last changed on 3 November 2026.
  • Corrections. Every figure here is reproducible from the sources named. If something is wrong, tell us and we will correct it and say what changed.