Don't tell your dentist! The shocking amount of sugar packed into each Cadbury Creme Egg is revealed on the eve of the Easter holidays

  • Every Creme Egg has 26 grams of sugar or about six heaped teaspoons  
  • Adults should consume no more than 25 grams of sugar a day, and kids only 19g
  • Each creme egg is about 173 calories and has more sugar than a mini can of coke

With Easter just around the corner, chocolate lovers are being warned of just how much sugar is in an Australian-favourite treat.  

What Cadbury Creme Eggs lack in their small size, they make up for in sugar content - with six teaspoons packed into every gooey egg. 

While they may be relatively small in calories - 173 per egg -  each egg contains 26 grams of sugar, mainly due to the gooey, fondant filling rather than the crispy chocolate shell. 

A UK mother has shared a photo of 25 grams of sugar next to a the popular treat, and it's hard to believe it can even fit in the bite-sized egg

A UK mother has shared a photo of 25 grams of sugar next to a the popular treat, and it's hard to believe it can even fit in the bite-sized egg

Adults should consume no more than 25 grams of sugar a day, and for kids it's less at 19 grams a day.

A UK mother shared a photo of 25 grams of sugar next to a the popular treat, and it's hard to believe it can even fit in the bite-sized egg. 

By comparison, we could eat an entire Kinder Bueno packet - which has 17.6 grams of sugar - and still have eaten no where near as much sugar as a Creme Egg. 

A Kinder Surprise egg, which is roughly the same size as a Creme Egg, has with just 2.5 teaspoons of sugar per egg. 

For those who are able to stop at just one small treat - Ferrero Rochers have just five grams of sugar, or about one teaspoon, per piece.

A 50 gram pack of Smarties will have you eating even more sugar than a Creme Egg - with each small box packing in a whopping nine teaspoons of sugar, or 35 grams.  

While they may be relatively small in calories - 173 per egg - each egg contains 26 grams of sugar

While they may be relatively small in calories - 173 per egg - each egg contains 26 grams of sugar

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Cadbury Creme Egg sugar content revealed on the eve of easter

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