Brown sugar bubble milk tea has higher sugar content than other hand-cranked drinks. (Photo/photo by reporter Xu Lifang)
Reporter Lin Yurou/Comprehensive report
As a beverage powerhouse, Taiwan almost everyone has a cup of hand-cranked drinks, and Taiwan's Light of Pearl Milk Tea has also set off a gust of foreign trends. But the sugar content of hand-cranked drinks is quite amazing. Foreign website NextShark shared a report released by Singapore hospitals, pointing out that the sugar content of brown sugar bubble milk tea is higher than that of other types of hand-cranked drinks, with 18.5 teaspoons of sugar. The calories of milk cover and milk foam are higher than that of pearls, and a cup of hand-cranked drink alone exceeds the recommended daily sugar intake for adults.
Singapore-based medical institution Mount Alvernia recently released a report indicating that the sugar content of hand-cranked drinks is amazing. This study compares the sugar, calories and the top filling of various types of bubble teas. Although studies have pointed out that green and black tea can help reduce risks such as diabetes, arthritis and cancer, it is also pointed out that the brewed tea form of hand-cranked drinks increases the risk of chronic diseases.
The hospital cited unhealthy ingredients, such as creamer . Since it contains trans fat , it increases the risk of heart disease and stroke, it is recommended that consumers drink up to two glasses a week. Because the medium cup of bubble milk tea has a calories equivalent to a piece of cheese cake. The pearl milk tea in the cup of
is equivalent to a piece of cheese cake. (Photo/Provided by Yuanshan Hotel)
In addition, the study also analyzed 7 different types of tea drinks, the most unhealthy one was brown sugar bubble milk tea, with 18.5 teaspoons of sugar. winter melon tea ranked second, with 16 teaspoons. These drinks exceed the recommended daily sugar intake for adults, which is 8 to 11 teaspoons. Even the sugar content of fruit drinks is quite terrible, with passion fruit green tea at 8.5 teaspoons and fruit jasmine tea at at 8.5 teaspoons, both of which exceed sugary bubble tea (8 teaspoons).
The study also compared the calorie content of various ingredients and found that milk froth (203 calories) and cheese froth (180 calories) had the highest calories, exceeding pearls (156 calories). Fillings such as jelly and pearls are present in sweet syrup to keep moist, which also increases the calories of the drink. Finally, the hospital recommends that consumers should go to shops that can change the sugar level and slowly reduce the amount of sugar to retrain their taste buds to curb their desire for sugary beverages.
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