Jan Harris
Deputy Group Editor
3:36 PM 26th November 2024
lifestyle
Which Chocolate Contains The Least Amount Of Sugar?
As Christmas is a time for sweets and treats, Expressdentist.com were intrigued to find out which chocolate boxes could be the worst for your teeth based on sugar content.
Here are the results which might surprise you. So to avoid any unnecessary trips to the dentist will you be changing your chocolate habit this Christmas?
Christmas Chocolate box sugar content rankings:
Rank |
Chocolate Box |
Brand |
Sugar content (grams per 100g) |
1 |
After Eight |
Nestle |
66.7g |
2 |
Quality Street |
Nestle |
58.2g |
=3 |
Milk Tray |
Cadbury |
57g |
=3 |
Heroes |
Cadbury |
57g |
=5 |
Roses |
Cadbury |
56g |
=5 |
Selection Box |
Cadbury |
56g |
7 |
Celebrations |
Mars |
55.7g |
8 |
Continental Chocolates |
Thorntons |
50g |
9 |
Lindor Assorted Chocolate Truffles Box |
Lindt |
40g |
10 |
Ferrero Rocher |
Ferrero |
39.9g |
After Eight comes in as the worst Chocolate box for your teeth with 66.7g of sugar per 100g, this is 13.34g above the average chocolate box sugar content of 53.36g per 100g.
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Quality Street ranks second with 58.2g of sugar per 100g. This chocolate box includes favourites such as The Purple One (chocolate, caramel and hazelnut), Caramel Swirl and The Green Triangle (chocolate and hazelnut).
In joint third place are
Heroes and
Milk Tray by Cadbury with 57g of sugar per 100g.
Following closely behind are
Roses (56g) and
Cadbury Selection Box (56g) ranking joint fifth.
Celebrations (55.7g) are seventh.
Continental Chocolates (50g) are eighth.
Lindor Assorted Chocolate Truffles Box (40g) are ninth.
The chocolate box with the least sugar is
Ferrero Rocher with a sugar content of
39.9g per 100g.
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