Soft Drinks At The Local Market Contains Sugar Levels More Than Thrice The Amount Recommended By WHO For An Individual

According to a survey carried out recently by the Consumer Affairs Authority the majority of the soft drinks available at the local market contains sugar more than thrice the amount that recommended by World Health Organization(WHO)to consume daily for an individual according to the director of Consumer Affairs and Information  at the Consumer Affairs Authority Chandrika Thilakaratne.

Accordingly most of the soft drinks including carbonated drinks ,fruit juices and fruit nectar bottles in the market contains sugar levels  up to 15 grammes per 100 mili liters although WHO recommended the daily sugar requirement of an individual  should be 5  to 6  grammes she has stressed.

The Popular "Yoghurt Drink" which is available in the market at present and popular among school children and youth contains highest sugar level found in a soft drink bottle so far  and  it contains 21 grammes of sugar per 150 mili liters she has stated.

"Imagine what will be the situation  if a person drinking two bottles of drinking Yoghurt daily ,especially the school children .In near future they will ended up with diabetes" the director of Consumer Affairs Authority has stated during a press briefing held at Health Education Bureau in Colombo yesterday(08).

This survey has been carried out by using 36 varieties of Soft Drinks available in the local market .As Diabetes in the society is on the increase in Sri Lanka due to the higher consumption of sugary food and drinks the Health Ministry has decided to take stern action against those soft drink manufacturers who are not able to display sugar levels of their drink products through color code system introduced recently according to the Director General Of Health Services Dr.Palitha Mahipala .