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Data Reveals Best To Worst Easter Eggs For Your Teeth By Sugar Content
As Easter is often filled with chocolates and treats,
Expressdentist.com were intrigued to find out which Easter eggs could be the best and worst for your teeth, based on sugar content.
Top 10 Popular Easter Eggs with the Highest Sugar Content:
Rank |
Easter Egg |
Brand |
Average Sugar Content in grams (per 100g) |
=1 |
Galaxy Ripple |
Mars |
68 |
=1 |
Galaxy Minstrels |
Mars |
68 |
2 |
Smarties |
Nestlé |
65.35 |
3 |
M&M's Salted Caramel |
Mars |
65 |
4 |
Smarties Orange |
Nestlé |
64.9 |
5 |
Twix (White Chocolate) |
Mars |
62 |
6 |
Creme Egg |
Cadbury |
61.5 |
7 |
Chocolate Orange (White Chocolate) |
Terry’s |
61 |
8 |
Aero Peppermint |
Nestlé |
60.75 |
9 |
Rolo |
Nestlé |
60.5 |
=10 |
Yorkie |
Nestlé |
60.4 |
=10 |
Quality Street |
Nestlé |
60.4 |
=10 |
Lion |
Nestlé |
60.4 |
=10 |
Kit Kat |
Nestlé |
60.4 |
Joint top spot for the Easter eggs worst for your teeth are Galaxy Ripple and Galaxy Minstrels Easter Eggs with 68g of sugar per 100g. Although two Mars Galaxy products take top spot, the other two Mars Galaxy products (Galaxy Enchanted and Galaxy) rank respectively 19th and 52nd.
Second place is the Smarties Easter Egg with 65.35g of sugar per 100g. This is over 10g more than the average sugar content across other popular Easter eggs.
Third place is M&M's Salted Caramel with 65g of sugar per 100g. Caramel is pure sugar, and when combined with the chocolate it is unsurprising the product can be so bad for your teeth.
Fourth, fifth and sixth are Smarties Orange (64.9g), White Chocolate Twix (62g) and Creme Egg (61.5g).
Top 5 Popular Easter Eggs with the Lowest Sugar Content:
Rank |
Easter Egg |
Brand |
Average Sugar Content in grams (per 100g) |
1 |
Green & Black’s (Dark Chocolate) |
Cadbury |
29 |
2 |
Ferrero Collection |
Ferrero |
39.9 |
3 |
Ferrero Rocher |
Ferrero |
41.8 |
=4 |
Lindt Salted Caramel |
Lindt |
42 |
=4 |
Lindt with Mint Truffles |
Lindt |
42 |
5 |
Chocolate Fingers |
Cadbury |
45 |
The Easter egg with the least sugar, is unsurprisingly Green & Black’s with only 29g per 100g. This is due to it being dark chocolate meaning it has a high cacao content and less sugar, giving the signature bitter taste.
Second place for the Easter egg least bad for your teeth is
Ferrero Collection with 39.9g of sugar.
Third place for lowest sugar content is
Ferrero Rocher with 41.8g of sugar per 100g. Both rankings contain less sugar because of the high nut content.
This study was commissioned by
https://expressdentist.com/