High free sugars content in regular and low-calorie sweetened beverages from the argentine market

Introduction: Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) contain significant amounts of free sugars. SSBs consumption is strongly associated with overweight/obesity, dental caries, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and other illnesses. The aim this work was to evaluate the content sugars in Argentinian SSBs. Methods: fructose, glucose sucrose concentrations were measured 53 samples from carbonated non-carbonated through colorimetric techniques; regular (n=26) low-calorie (n=27) beverages, classified according nutritional label, included. total amount calculated compared declared value. Results: differ their glucose, fructose concentrations, but do not concentrations. Furthermore, display higher a fructose/glucose ratio 1.45. Conclusions: Regular respect content. This study, also, provides evidence variability sugar composition similar different brands, which can be confounding factor for consumers. Besides importance food, it necessary components present assess comprehensively quality.