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Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth with Less Sugar

Holidays. Christmas. New Years. After all those holiday sweets and treats, you may be looking for some easy-to-follow tips on how to cut back on sugar. Smucker's® No Sugar Added Fruit and Concentrated White Grape Juice Spreads can help with these 10 tips to help reduce your sugar intake without saying “no” to your sweet tooth.

Learn the difference between “added sugar” and “no sugar added.” Products that have sugar added to them, such as pop and candy will have sugar listed in the ingredient panel. “No sugar added” foods have no granulated sugar added to them. The sweetness may come from fruit juice, the fruit itself or a sweetener such as sucralose.

Don't go cold turkey on sugar reduction. Instead, cut down slowly and in ways that update a habit rather than omit it. For instance, if you usually have dessert with both lunch and dinner, add it to just one meal instead. If you typically have sugary cereals for breakfast, try whole wheat toast topped with Smucker's® No Sugar Added Fruit and Concentrated White Grape Juice Spread instead.

Use the Nutrition Facts table to determine how much sugar a product contains. The value listed will be a combination of all sources of sugar, so rely on the ingredient list to see where the sugar comes from.

Choose fresh or frozen fruit when you are craving something sweet. Succulent strawberries, juicy mangoes or ripe peaches make refreshing and satisfying desserts and smoothies. You can satisfy your craving with Smucker's® No Sugar Added Fruit and Concentrated White Grape Juice Spreads, too. Spread them on whole wheat toast, crackers, bagels or even apple slices.

Stir a dollop of your favourite flavour of Smucker's® No Sugar Added Fruit and Concentrated White Grape Juice Spread into plain yogurt.

When baking, cut 1/3 of the granulated sugar in the recipe and replace it with applesauce, mashed banana or puréed prunes.

Choose carbonated water instead of pop. For homemade soda with no added sugar, mix sparkling water with 100% fruit juice.

Try broiling or barbequing peaches or pineapples. Heat will cause them to caramelize, creating a naturally sweet syrup.

Instead of jelly beans or gummy candy, snack on a small handful of dried fruit. Raisins, dates and apricots provide a toothsome chewiness but typically have no added sugar.

Choose Smucker's® No Sugar Added Fruit and Concentrated White Grape Juice Spreads. They have the great, sweet taste you crave, without added sugar. Sweetened with concentrated white grape juice and sucralose, they give you the wholesome taste you love with only 5.0 g of sugar per serving*. Available in strawberry, raspberry, apricot, orange, blueberry and wildberry flavours. (* Sugar content of some flavours may vary slightly.)

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