How Much Sugar is in Juice Plus+ Chewables?

Plant foods including fruit and vegetables do contain natural sugars. Even broccoli has some sugar. For example: 

·         1 medium sized banana 12.2 g sugar 

·         1 medium sized apple 10.4 g sugar 

·         1 cup broccoli 1.5 g sugar 

Our Fruit and Vegetable Chewables each have 3g carbohydrates of sugar per adult serve (i.e., 3g carbs in fruit chews and 3g carbs for veg chews. For a child’s dosage, this amount would be halved). Find the nutritional info on the WIKI. 

Complex carbohydrates and natural sugars are the body’s preferred source of energy for the body. This fact sheet from the Australia Food Standards shows a person with a regular diet can have up to 50 grams of free sugar, our Chewables only contain 6g per daily serving size for an adult and 3g per child’s daily dose! 

We do add a small amount of tapioca syrup and evaporated cane juice to provide some sweetness for the product to be flavoursome and not just taste like vegetables.  

In addition, plant foods that contain natural sugars are also generally accompanied by fibre which is important for digestion and slows down the fast rate of absorption of the sugar. Whereas refined added sugars do not contain this fibre. Check out the Sugar Film for more information about sugars.