Sugar Levels in Food Functional Maths Tasks - Skills Workshop

Sugar Levels in Food - Functional Maths Tasks

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The caf?s serving drinks with 25 teaspoons of sugar per cup

Action on Sugar group's research shows chains such as Starbucks and Costa selling flavoured hot chocolates and chai drinks with huge amounts of sugar.

Millions of Britons are putting their health at risk by ordering hot chocolate and other trendy chai drinks that contain staggering amounts of sugar ? up to 25 teaspoons ? in just one serving.

Action on Sugar found that 98% of the 131 hot flavoured drinks found in the big high street chains would carry a "red" warning for excessive levels of sugar if the coffee shops were forced to label them.

The campaign group named Starbucks's Hot Mulled Fruit (grape with chai, orange and cinnamon venti) as the worst offender. At 25 teaspoons of sugar, it contains more than three times the recommended maximum adult daily intake of 7 teaspoons. Costa's largest chai latte was found to contain 20 teaspoons of sugar, while an extra large Signature hot chocolate from Starbucks contained 15 teaspoons, more than double the recommended adult maximum. More than one-third of the drinks tested contained the same ? or higher ? levels of sugar as a can of Coca-Cola.

The high street chains have increasingly offered chai, chocolate and other hot drinks to attract non- coffee drinkers. They also offer high-sugar syrups to add extra flavour.

It is thought up to 20% of the population visit a coffee shop on a daily basis, but many will be unaware how much hidden sugar they are consuming in flavoured drinks.

Action on Sugar has called on the coffee chains to stop serving extra-large cups of sugar-laden hot drinks. It singled out Starbucks for criticism because, it said, its serving sizes were much larger than those offered by its competitors.

Starbucks told the Guardian it was committed to reducing added sugar in its indulgent drinks by 25% by the end of 2020, and that "all nutritional information is available in-store and online".

Costa said it had already taken significant steps to reduce the sugar content of its ranges, and that in April it would be setting salt and sugar reduction targets for 2020.

Source: The Guardian (Miles Brignall, 7/2/2016).

February 2016. Contributed by Maggie Harnew. Search for Maggie on E3-L2 Functional Maths.

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Sugar Levels in Food - Functional Maths Tasks

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30 worst offenders from 131 tested drinks

Caf?

Drink

1 Starbucks

Hot Mulled Fruit - Grape with Chai, Orange and Cinnamon Venti

2 Starbucks

Hot Mulled Fruit - Apple with Chai, Dried Apple and Cinnamon Venti

3 Costa Coffee Chai Latte Massimo - Eat In

4 Starbucks

Hot Mulled Fruit - Grape with Chai, Orange and Cinnamon Grande

5 Starbucks

White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream Venti

6 Starbucks

Hot Mulled Fruit - Apple with Chai, Dried Apple and Cinnamon Grande

7 Starbucks

Signature Hot Chocolate Venti

8 Starbucks

White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream Grande

9 KFC

Mocha Large

10 Costa Coffee Mocha Latte Massimo - Eat Out

11 Costa Coffee Mocha Latte Massimo - Eat In

12 KFC

Hot Chocolate with cream

13 Costa Coffee Hot Chocolate Massimo - Eat Out

14 Costa Coffee Hot Chocolate Massimo - Eat In

15 Costa Coffee Mocha Massimo - Eat Out

16 Starbucks

Chai Tea Latte Venti

17 Starbucks

Hot Mulled Fruit - Grape with Chai, Orange and Cinnamon Tall

18 Costa Coffee Mocha Massimo - Eat In

19 Caffe Nero

Caramelatte - Drink In

20 Costa Coffee Chai Latte Medio - Eat In

21 Starbucks

Signature Hot Chocolate Grande

22 Starbucks

Hot Mulled Fruit - Apple with Chai, Dried Apple and Cinnamon Tall

23 Eat

Matcha Latte Big

24 KFC

Mocha

25 Greggs

Mocha Large

26 Starbucks

White Chocolate Mocha with Whipped Cream Tall

27 Starbucks

Mocha with Whipped Cream Venti

28 McDonalds

Mocha Large

29 Eat

Chai Latte Big

30 Pret a Manger Orange Spiced Hot Chocolate

Sugar per serving (grams)

99

Teaspoons of sugar per serving

25

88

22

79.7

20

76

19

73.8

18

69

17

60

15

59.1

15

58.8

15

57.5

14

56.3

14

54.3

14

54

14

53.1

13

52.6

13

52

13

52

13

51.7

13

50.6

13

49.3

12

47.4

12

47

12

45.2

11

45.1

11

45

11

44.4

11

43.2

11

43

11

42.8

11

42.2

11

Source: Action on Sugar (17/02/2016)

February 2016. Contributed by Maggie Harnew. Search for Maggie on E3-L2 Functional Maths.

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Sugar tax could prevent obesity in almost 4 million people, charities say

Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum say introduction of the tax could also reduce health and social care spending by ?10m a year.

A sugar tax on sweetened drinks would save 3.7 million people from becoming obese over the next 10 years, reducing their chances of illness and saving the NHS millions of pounds, according to a new study.

The report, from Cancer Research UK and the UK Health Forum, says that by 2025 the tax could reduce health and social care spending by ?10m a year. The report says obesity is set to climb from 29% in 2015 to 34% in 2025. But modelling suggests that the 5% increase could be avoided by a 20% tax on sugary drinks.

There has been widespread support for a tax from public health bodies and campaigners including Jamie Oliver, who has introduced a levy on sugary drinks in his own restaurants, the proceeds of which go to health and educational causes. The majority of the public supports a tax, says Cancer Research, with 55% of 1,774 UK adults in a poll saying they backed it and 36% opposing it.

Public Health England, the government's advisory body, said in a report published last year that the tax would have an impact, alongside curbs on advertising and marketing including price promotions. Children aged 11 to 18 currently consume three times the recommended maximum level of sugar in their diet. Sweetened drinks account for 30% of their sugar intake.

The report calls obesity "the biggest single preventable cause of cancer after smoking". Obesity is linked to 10 types of cancer, including two of the most common ? bowel and breast ? and two of the hardest to treat ? pancreatic and oesophageal. It goes on to say, "If current trends were to continue, obesity could cause almost 670,000 new cases of cancer over the next 20 years."

Gavin Partington, director general of the British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA), which has been strongly opposed to a sugar tax, said: "The most comprehensive study into tackling obesity, from the McKinsey Global Institute 2014 report and Public Health England, found that a tax would be much less effective than reducing portion sizes and reformulating products.

"These are steps that our industry is already taking and as a result has reduced calories by 7.5% since 2012 with plans to reduce a further 20% by 2020."

Source: The Guardian (Sarah Boseley, 19/2/2016).

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February 2016. Contributed by Maggie Harnew. Search for Maggie on E3-L2 Functional Maths.

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Sugar Levels in Food - Entry 3 questions

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1. 98% of the 131 hot drinks would carry a "red" warning ? what percentage would not be "red"?

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2. More than one-third of the drinks tested contained the same ? or higher ? levels of sugar as a can of Coca-Cola. Write one-third using numbers instead of words.

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3. How many years (from now) until Costa intend to reach their salt and sugar reduction targets?

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4. Ann consumes 3 times the recommended daily intake of sugar. How many teaspoons is this?

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Text B

5. (a) Which caf? appears most often on the 30 Worst Offenders list? (b) How many times does it appear?

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6. Ann goes to Costa Coffee with two friends. They order three drinks to eat-in: a Hot Chocolate Massimo (Ann), a Mocha Latte Massimo (Babs) and a Chai Latte Massimo (Cate). (a) Whose drink has the most sugar and (b) how much more does she have compared to her friends? Give your answer in grams.

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February 2016. Contributed by Maggie Harnew. Search for Maggie on E3-L2 Functional Maths.

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Text B

7. How many different caf?s appear on the 30 Worst Offenders list?

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8. A Mocha Large from Greggs contains more sugar than McDonalds Mocha Large. True or false?

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9. What is the difference in sugar content between a Costa Coffee Mocha Latte Massimo - Eat Out and a Costa Coffee Mocha Latte Massimo - Eat In? Give your answer in grams.

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Text C

10. 55% adults in a poll back the sugar tax. Is 55% more than or less than one half?

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February 2016. Contributed by Maggie Harnew. Search for Maggie on E3-L2 Functional Maths.

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