alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1926arrow-down111cross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlunitedkingdom@feddit.ukupliftingnews@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansscience@lemmit.online
arrow-up1915arrow-down1external-linkThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.worldworldnews@lemmy.mlunitedkingdom@feddit.ukupliftingnews@lemmit.onlinehackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansscience@lemmit.online
minus-squareRice_Daddy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·5 months agoI add sugar when I make pasta sauces all the time, also to stews and stir fries. It’s a nice dimension.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoIf you’re doing it yourself you’ve got control over how much you’re adding. It’s the pre made sauces they are the problem where they use it as a cheap way of masking how shit the tomatoes they’re using are.
minus-squareBlaiz0r@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoThere it’s used more as a preservative than anything else
I add sugar when I make pasta sauces all the time, also to stews and stir fries. It’s a nice dimension.
If you’re doing it yourself you’ve got control over how much you’re adding. It’s the pre made sauces they are the problem where they use it as a cheap way of masking how shit the tomatoes they’re using are.
There it’s used more as a preservative than anything else