For example, since in this package it is written that 100% Direktsaft, I know what they mean by Direktsaft. I was wondering about the davon Zucker content (2nd image). Does it mean in 100 ml of this, there is 11g of sugar coming from mango and apple (natural sugar) or there is a mix of natural sugar from the fruits and some amounts of added sugar since davon Zucker literally means added sugar?

I really appreciate your answers. Thank you in advance 🙌

by mibu001

8 comments

  1. Ingredients don’t say anything about added sugars. They would need to list the types of sugars added to it. The 11g of sugar in the table per 100ml are natural coming from the apples and mangos

  2. If sugar were added, it would be listed in the ingredients list. It is not, so we are talkimg about natural Fructose

  3. It’s all natural sugar, because under “Zutaten” (ingredients) there is no extra sugar listed.

    It means 100ml are containing 12g carbohydrates whereof 11g is sugar.

  4. >Kohlenhydrate: 12g

    >davon Zucker: 11g

    means

    >Carbohydrates: 12g

    >of which sugar: 11g

    So 100ml of juice contains a total of 12 grams of carbohydrates – 11 grams of sugar and ~1g other carbohydrates.

    >100% Direktsaft, I know what they mean
    …
    some amounts of added sugar

    You obviously don’t know what “Direktsaft” means. “Direktsaft” means that it’s 100% pure juice directly from the fruit, no other stuff added – so, obviously, no added sugar, no sweeteners, no artificial coloring…

  5. Thanks everyone 🙌 After reading your replies, my juice intake 📈

  6. You misunderstand the listing here.

    Kohlehydrate does list all types of carbohydrates that qualify as simple carbohydrates. “Davon Zucker” counts anything that qualifies as standard sugars – this does include sugar that may be added, but also monosaccharides like glucose and fructose, or disacharides like sucrose, which would be the standard sugar added to such drinks. The carbohydrates in general, however, also include polysaccharides such as starches, and fruit and veggies almost always include starches or other polysaccarides of some type simply due to their structure.

    Apples in general are very rich in natural sugars too, so a listing of 11g with another 1g going towards starches and such can be normal even if there’s no sugar added.

    If you want to know if sugar has been artificially added to the drink, you have to look into the list of ingredients. Here it needs to be named as a ingreidient if the juice has been thinned down with water or if sugar has been added, however, EU guidelines are very strict in how something is allowed to be named. And a Direktsaft can only call itself that if it is mostly sourced from squeezing fresh fruit with little to no water or other additives added.

    In your Zutaten list there’s no additional sugar mentioned, so all of the sugars inside comes from the fruit.

  7. There is no sugar added, that would be written in the list of ingredients.

    Kohlenhydrate (carbohydrates) are a large group of substances, including starch and cellulose, mit also sugars like glucose, fructose, sucrose and so on. Juice is full of sugars, and that’s shown here. Compare this to bread, which consists of almost starch only and no sugar.

  8. If the package reads saft no added sugar is allowed. 100% fruit

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