Chart of the day: Shoppers turning away from high-sugar foods
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Low-sugar products are in growing demand, with nearly 30 per cent of Australians "very concerned" about sugar consumption, recent data suggests.
Concerns about high-sugar products are rising among both wealthy and lower-income Australians, Nielsen and The George Institute say.
And those worries are already affecting shoppers' habits.
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Topics: food-and-cooking, health, human-interest, australia
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