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Haribo Gold Bears Nutrition. The original gummy sweet broken down For Kids.
All sugar in Haribo Gold Bears is free sugar. Here is what the full picture looks like for the world's most recognised gummy sweet.
Haribo Gold Bears are smaller than most gummy sweets at approximately 2g each and 0.9gof sugar per bear. That makes them one of the lower-sugar individual sweets available. The problem is not the per-bear figure - it is that children rarely eat one or two bears.
A standard 200g bag contains approximately 100 bears and 90g of free sugar. Three times the daily limit for a child aged 7 to 10 in a single bag.
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Four portion sizes
The figures below show total sugar, calories and salt for four realistic amounts.
Small portion
5 sweets
5 sweets (10gg)
4.5g
sugar
35
kcal
0g
salt
4.5g free sugar — 19% of the daily limit for a 7-year-old; 24% for a 4-year-old
Standard portion
10 sweets
10 sweets (20gg)
9g
sugar
70
kcal
0g
salt
9g free sugar — 38% of the daily limit for a 7-year-old; 47% for a 4-year-old
Larger portion
20 sweets
20 sweets (40gg)
18g
sugar
140
kcal
0g
salt
18g free sugar — 75% of the daily limit for a 7-year-old; 95% for a 4-year-old
Full bag
~100 sweets
~100 sweets (200gg)
90g
sugar
700
kcal
0g
salt
90g free sugar — more than three times the daily limit for children aged 7 to 10 in a single bag.
Sugar
The NHS sets daily limits for free sugars - sugars added to food or drink, plus sugars naturally present in honey, syrups and fruit juice. All sugar in these sweets counts as free sugar.
Small size does not mean low sugar
Gold Bears weigh approximately 2g each. But sugar makes up 45 percent of their total weight. A handful of 20 bears — which disappears quickly from a bag — contains 18g of free sugar. That is 75 percent of the daily limit for a child aged 7 to 10.
NHS recommended daily free sugar limits
Age 4 to 6No more than 19g per day
Age 7 to 10No more than 24g per day
Age 11 and overNo more than 30g per day
Source: NHS. Free sugars include all added sugars and do not include sugars naturally present in whole fruit, vegetables, or milk.
The table below shows 10 sweets as a percentage of the daily free sugar limit for each age group.
Free sugar as % of daily NHS limit — 10 Haribo Gold Bears (9gg sugar)
Age
Daily limit
10 sweets
Age 4 to 6
19g
47%
Age 7 to 10
24g
38%
Age 11 and over
30g
30%
Adult
30g
30%
Source: NHS/SACN free sugar guidelines (2015).
Salt
Salt content per sweet is negligible - less than 0.01g. Salt is not a primary nutritional concern with this product. The primary concern is free sugar content.
NHS recommended daily maximum salt intake
Age 4 to 6No more than 3g per day
Age 7 to 10No more than 5g per day
Age 11 and overNo more than 6g per day
Calories
Each sweet contains approximately 7 calories. The calorie count per sweet is modest, but accumulates quickly when eaten from an open bag.
Each Gold Bear weighs approximately 2g and contains 0.9g of free sugar. A standard 200g bag contains around 100 bears and 90g of free sugar — more than three times the daily limit for a child aged 7 to 10.
Per sweet, yes. At 0.9g of sugar per bear they are slightly lower than Starmix (1.1g) and Tangfastics (1.4g). But the smaller size means children tend to eat more of them, so the total consumed in a sitting is often similar.
A child aged 4 to 6 would reach their 19g daily limit at around 21 bears. A child aged 7 to 10 would reach their 24g limit at around 27 bears. These figures assume no other free sugar has been consumed that day.
The NHS recommends no more than 19g of free sugar per day for children aged 4 to 6, 24g for ages 7 to 10, and 30g for age 11 and over.
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Nutrition data from UK product labels. Daily limits: NHS/SACN free sugar guidelines(2015); SACN Dietary Reference Values for calories; NHS salt targets by age. For guidance only - not medical advice.
