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Table 3 The volume of sugars sold by soft drink category, per capita per day, 2015–2018

From: Reductions in sugar sales from soft drinks in the UK from 2015 to 2018

Soft drink category

Volume of soft drink and sugars sold per capita per day

2015

2016

2017

2018

Volume of sugars sold from soft drinks (g/person/day)

15.5

13.7

12.7

10.8

High-sugar (> 8 g/100 ml)

7.2 (46%)

5.8 (42%)

5.3 (42%)

4.2 (39%)

Mid-sugar (5–8 g/100 ml)

2.6 (17%)

1.8 (13%)

1.3 (10%)

0.6 (5%)

Low-sugar (0.1–5 g/100 ml)

2.5 (16%)

3.0 (22%)

3.2 (25%)

3.0 (28%)

Zero-sugar (< 0.1 g/100 ml)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Exempt products

3.3 (21%)

3.1 (22%)

3.0 (23%)

3.0 (28%)

Bottled water

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0