United Kingdom  ·  Verified Label Data

How Much Sugar
Is In Your Drink?

Sugar content of popular UK drinks, ranked from highest to lowest per serving. No estimates — all figures sourced directly from product nutrition labels.

Data: Nutrition Scotland (product labels, Dec 2020)  |  All figures are total sugars per stated serving size

⚠️ NHS Daily Recommended Limits for Free Sugars Adults & children aged 11+: no more than 30g per day (≈ 7 teaspoons)  ·  Children aged 7–10: no more than 24g per day (≈ 6 teaspoons)  ·  Children aged 4–6: no more than 19g per day (≈ 5 teaspoons)
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1 level teaspoon of sugar = 4 grams (4g)

Use this as your reference throughout the list below.

50g+ per serving
30–49g per serving
15–29g per serving
Under 15g per serving
NHS Quota Bands (per serving)
Within all limits — ≤ 19g (safe for all ages)
Within child limit (7–10) — 20–24g
Within adult limit — 25–30g
Exceeds adult daily limit — > 30g
21 Drinks Compared
30g Adult Daily Limit
66.9g Highest Sugar Found
4g Per Teaspoon
☕ Coffee Shop Drinks
Costa Signature Caramel Hot Chocolate
Exceeds adult daily limit
Medium / regular serving, semi-skimmed milk
66.9g
≈ 16.7 tsp  ★
Café Nero Espresso & Caramel Frappé
Exceeds adult daily limit
Regular serving, semi-skimmed milk
57.4g
≈ 14.4 tsp  ★
Starbucks Classic Chai Tea Latte
Exceeds adult daily limit
Regular serving, semi-skimmed milk
42.4g
≈ 10.6 tsp  ★
Starbucks Strawberry & Cream Frostino
Exceeds adult daily limit
Regular serving, semi-skimmed milk
41.4g
≈ 10.4 tsp  ★
Costa Mint Hot Chocolate
Exceeds adult daily limit
Regular serving, semi-skimmed milk
39.8g
≈ 10.0 tsp  ★
Café Nero Caffè Latte Cappuccino
Exceeds adult daily limit
Regular 370ml, semi-skimmed milk
32.6g
≈ 8.2 tsp  ★
Costa Spiced Hot Apple Drink
Within adult limit
Regular serving
26.1g
≈ 6.5 tsp
⚡ Energy Drinks
Monster Energy Drink (Regular)
Exceeds adult daily limit
500ml can
55g
≈ 13.8 tsp
Red Bull (Regular)
Within adult limit
250ml can
27.5g
≈ 6.9 tsp
🥛 Flavoured Milks
Frijj Strawberry Milkshake
Exceeds adult daily limit
400ml bottle — some sugars naturally present in milk
40.4g
≈ 10.1 tsp  ★
Yazoo Chocolate Milkshake
Exceeds adult daily limit
400ml bottle — some sugars naturally present in milk
35.6g
≈ 8.9 tsp  ★
🧋 Chilled Coffee
Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino (Chilled)
Within adult limit
250ml bottle — some sugars naturally present in milk
27.5g
≈ 6.9 tsp  ★
🫧 Fizzy Drinks
Coca-Cola (Regular)
Exceeds adult daily limit
330ml can
35g
≈ 8.8 tsp
Fanta Orange (Regular)
Within child limit (7–10)
500ml bottle
24g
≈ 6.0 tsp
Irn-Bru (Regular)
Within all limits
330ml can
16g
≈ 4.0 tsp
San Pellegrino Lemon
Within all limits
330ml can
15.5g
≈ 3.9 tsp
🍵 Iced Tea
Lipton Lemon Iced Tea
Within child limit (7–10)
500ml bottle
22g
≈ 5.5 tsp
Harry Brompton's Iced Tea
Within all limits
500ml bottle
18.5g
≈ 4.6 tsp
🏃 Sports Drinks
Gatorade Orange
Within child limit (7–10)
500ml bottle
20g
≈ 5.0 tsp
Lucozade Sport Orange
Within all limits
500ml bottle
18g
≈ 4.5 tsp
🧃 Kids Drinks
Vimto Still
Within child limit (7–10)
500ml bottle
24g
≈ 6.0 tsp
Capri Sun Orange
Within all limits
330ml pouch
16g
≈ 4.0 tsp
💧 Flavoured Water
Volvic Strawberry Flavoured Water
Within all limits
500ml bottle
11.4g
≈ 2.9 tsp
VIT HIT Vitamin Water
Within all limits
500ml bottle
6.5g
≈ 1.6 tsp

★ Drinks marked with a star contain milk-based sugars; a portion of the sugar figure is naturally occurring lactose rather than added free sugar.

All data sourced from product nutrition labels as published by Nutrition Scotland (December 2020). Figures reflect total sugars per stated serving size. Manufacturer recipes can change; always check current packaging.

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