Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN)–If your child tends to add ketchup to many of his daily meals, you may want to consider an immediate alternative, as it is considered a high-sugar food source.
And the Gulf Health Council, in a tweet through its official account on the “Twitter” website, stated that one tablespoon of ketchup is equivalent to a cube of sugar.
For a small bag of ketchup, it is equivalent to half a cube of sugar.
The stated value may vary depending on the source of the product.
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The question remains, what is the solution if your child loves to eat ketchup?
The Gulf Health Council explained that you can prepare it at home with better health options.
And you can actually add chopped tomatoes with red onions, lemon, cilantro, and allspice.
And if you don’t want to make it at home, opt for low-sugar ketchup.
Despite changing its names, sugar remains sugar, according to the Gulf Health Council, via the “Instagram” website.
There are different names for sugar, and knowing them protects the health of your children, including:
- Molasses (molasses)
- Canned juice and sugar cane syrup
- Concentrated fruit juice and fruit nectar
- Malt and maple syrup
- maltose
- glucose
- Bee’s honey
- fructose
- Sweeteners from corn and high fructose corn syrup
- dextrose
And remember that words ending in “o” can be sugar!
