The Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment Research conducted a survey on 72 types of alcoholic beverages distributed in the market and found that some beverages contain high sugar content, urging consumers to be cautious.
The institute announced on the 23rd that, after analyzing the sugar content by type of alcoholic beverages such as beer, soju, and liqueur collected last year from large retail stores and online, liqueurs?alcoholic beverages artificially flavored with fruit, aroma, and sugar?were found to have the highest sugar content at 12.4g per 100g.
The institute explained that drinking about one bottle (360mL) of liqueur is equivalent to consuming 89% of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s recommended daily sugar intake of 50g.
In this survey, following liqueurs, fruit wines (4.7g/100g), yakju (traditional Korean rice wine) (4.5g/100g), and other alcoholic beverages (4.1g/100g) were analyzed to have high sugar content in that order.
Beer and soju were found to contain 1.27g and 0.16g of sugar per 100g, respectively.
A representative from the Gyeonggi-do Institute of Health and Environment Research stated, "Since nutritional labeling is not mandatory for alcoholic beverages, this survey is expected to provide consumers with information about sugar content," adding, "Low-calorie sweeteners that provide sweetness instead of sugar or high-fructose corn syrup can be identified by their names and uses on the labeling."
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