Free sugar refers to added sugars and naturally occurring sugars in processed foods that impact blood sugar levels quickly. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and public health guidelines (Link), free sugars include:
✅ Sugars added to food and drinks – Such as table sugar, honey, syrups, and artificial sweeteners.
✅ Sugars naturally present in processed foods – Like fruit juices, flavored yogurts, and granola bars.
✅ Sugars from syrups and honey – Even though they are natural, they behave similarly to added sugars in the body.
What is NOT Free Sugar?
❌ Naturally occurring sugars in whole foods – Found in whole fruits, vegetables, and dairy products. These sugars are considered safe because they come with fiber, vitamins, and minerals that slow sugar absorption.
Sweetless uses AI-powered food scanning and nutritional analysis to estimate your free sugar intake. Here’s how:
📸 Scan Your Food – Our AI analyzes the photos you upload, detecting food items and identifying potential sources of free sugar. The AI processes the image to recognize ingredients and estimate their sugar content.
🌐 Free Sugar Estimates – Instead of relying on a fixed database, Sweetless AI accesses real-time nutritional data from the internet to estimate free sugar content dynamically. This ensures you receive the most accurate and up-to-date sugar information based on current food databases, research, and ingredient breakdowns.
📝 Multiple Ways to Describe Your Food – If scanning isn’t an option, you can manually enter food descriptions. Additionally, our AI can generate text-based descriptions from images to improve accuracy. Both user-inputted and AI-generated descriptions are processed to estimate free sugar content.
🍪 Approximate Sugar Content – Homemade meals can be tricky to analyze, but Sweetless AI intelligently breaks down common ingredients found in your dish. Whether you input descriptions manually or use AI-generated text, our system will match your meal to similar foods and ingredients found online, helping to provide a realistic free sugar estimate.
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