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Milk - the sugar in milk (unsweetened) is generally around 4.7%-ish but that's lactose (not glucose or fructose) any more than that and they may be adding sweetener and you need to double check the ingredients.

Bread - that's why I make sourdough, no sugar required. Look a little teaspoon in a loaf is not going to do much damage, it's up to you...

Dates - I am the date monster. I could eat dates morning, noon and night. My mum says that they are so rich you don't need many. Yeah right! They are full of sugar. But yes, they are sensationally devine. Eat rarely and carefully.

Ruth Franklin wrote:

SUGAR IN GENERAL - when I was counting fats (with Weight Watchers) the aim was to stay under 2gr per 100gr.  Is there a general rule with sugars?  I find it hard to guess what is a healthy amount.  The sugar content on a carton of low fat milk is 4.7gr per 100gr. Is it the same for full cream milk?  It's so long since I bought any I wouldn't know.

BREAD - I make my own bread a lot of the time.  All bread needs (at least) a little bit of sugar to activate the yeast. Today I made a loaf with 1 teaspoon of sugar to 500gr of multigrain flour.  Does this count?  Sometimes I use honey instead.  I asume this is the same.

FRESH DATES - this is one of my favourite things.  A snack for me has been 2 or 3 dates, a handful of nuts and a bit of cheese - about 60 to 90 gr.  The dates are very sweet but they are fresh - not dried.  How to they stack up sugar-wise?

I'm sure I will have more questions but that is it fornow.

Sugar - You want to aim for about 3g of sugar or less per 100g.  It can be difficult working out how much fructose is in a product but basically if it contains any dairy product you can subtract 4.7g per 100g.  Some dairy products actually have more then 4.7g of lactose, so just double check ingredients.  Anything with sugar that is in the top 3-5 ingredients you can bet will have a lot of frutose in it.

Bread - Some people make bread with dextrose and works out fine, basically it's only a teaspoon and not really much to worry about at all.  I don't really eat much bread or any bread myself.

Dates - I'm not a date person, although I do love my fruit and in particular berries!  After you've been sugar free for some time things will begin to taste sweeter so you won't be able to have much fruit anyway cause it will be too sweet lol.  I find during those times of month I may want something sweet so I have berries and cream, very nice!