Low sugar – Sugar free – With sweetener
What is sugar?
Sugar is an important source of energy for the body, but eating too much sugar is not good for our health (on average, Belgians eat 75 g of added quick sugars per day).
Eating less or no sugar offers benefits for many people, causing more and more people to consciously eat less sugar.
Sugars have a sweet taste and are naturally present in food (e.g., glucose and fructose in fruit, lactose in milk).
Sugars are also often added in meal preparation and in foods. These added sugars are sucrose (sucrose) or table sugar, but also dextrose (grape sugar), fructose, maltose, syrup, honey, coconut blossom sugar, invert sugar or molasses. These consist mainly of mono- and disaccharides such as glucose, fructose or a combination of these.
Low sugar versus Sugar Free
Low-sugar eating means eating a diet low in sugars. A low-sugar diet is also called a sugar-free diet, but because sugar is naturally present in vegetables, fruits and dairy, eating and drinking completely sugar-free is impossible. Moreover, these foods are also a source of vitamins, minerals and fiber, making them important for a balanced diet.
Sugar is added to many foods for the sake of texture, color, taste and shelf life. Not only in fruit juices, lemonades, cakes … but also in products you wouldn’t suspect, such as processed meats, soup and sauce powders, among others …. So sugars are sometimes hidden!
If food is sweetened with sweetener, this must always be indicated on the package. Sweetener is added as a substitute for sugar (e.g. maltitol, sorbitol).
Therefore, anyone who wants or needs to eat low-sugar or sugar-free for health reasons will have to reduce the total amount of sugars and choose foods whose natural sugar content is not too high, add less refined sugar to preparations or meals and choose products with fewer added sugars.
To best help consumers, packaging are labeled with health claims.
Nutrition health claims
- Low sugar: less than 5 grams of sugar per 100 grams or less than 2.5 grams per 100 milliliters
- Sugar-free: maximum 0.5 grams of sugar per 100 grams or maximum 0.5 grams per 100 milliliters.
Eat consciously, live healthy. What you can do yourself.
- Drink enough water.
- Get plenty of exercise, about 30 minutes a day. Togheter with a healthy, balanced diet, this prevents the risk of obesity.
- Maintain a healthy weight and follow a calorie-restricted diet. Fat, sugar and alcohol provide the most calories. Never skip a meal.
- Eat consciously and in a balanced way. Choose complex carbohydrates such as bread, cereals, pasta, … and limit simple sugars; mono- and disaccharides such as candy, soda, sugar, cereal syrups….
- Improve bowel movements by eating more fiber. Raw vegetables are rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals and are ideal hunger suppressant.
- Avoid both excess fat and saturated fat.
- Choose safe sugar substitutes as a source of sweet. They provide fewer calories.
- Are sweetened with safe sweeteners: contain remarkably less fast sugars and fewer calories compared to a standard product.
- Are evidence-based
- Are suitable when dieting
- Have a focus on fats and fiber
- Sweet bread spreads
- Jam
- Chocopaste
- Hazelnut spread
- Speculoos paste
- Syrup
- Chocolate
- Cookies
- Fruit preserves
- Toppings
- Sweetener
- Cake
- Ice cream…
ALLSAN stands for healthy products with more fiber, fewer calories, fewer sugars and no artificial sweeteners. In short, ALLSAN is healthy food for everyone and for every day.
Thanks to its specific composition, ALLSAN can contribute to a fitter body and more vitality. Choose a healthier lifestyle with more fiber and fewer sugars.
Where can you find our products?
Special foods
Our low-sugar and/or sugar-free products are available in specialty stores in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Find out quickly where to find them in your area.