Since the sugar shortage began, people have been getting their knickers in a twist—but not for the right reasons. What everyone seems most concerned about, is not being able to sweeten their tea and coffee. However, the problem runs so much deeper than that. Though there are obvious knock-on effects, there are also a number of foods that you may not realise contain high amounts of sugar; that is, foods that we will soon see disappear off the shelves if the crisis continues.

Bread

And no, this is not just the pre-packaged kind—even Fino contains sugar.

Yoghurt

Flavoured yoghurts contain between 19-30 grams of sugar. That’s as much as a Twinkie!

Pepsi

This goes for other sodas as well. So if you were planning on getting your caffeine fix from this source since you can’t sweeten your coffee, think again.

Juice

Even homemade natural juices have added sugar, but more importantly, so do the store-bought kind.

Hot Dogs

Yes, you read that correctly. No more sugar means no more hot dogs.

Ketchup/Mustard/Mayonnaise

Even if you could have hot dogs, you would have to forgo condiments, as they are extremely high in sugar content, and thus won’t be available.

Pasta sauce

You’re going to have to get used to having your ‘macarona’ dry.

Dressing/Sauce

Same goes with your sandwiches—dry.

Chicken/Meat/Vegetable Stock

Believe it or not, stock cubes have 17 grams of sugar in them.

Milk

Both whole and skimmed milk contain 5 grams of sugar. Imagine your life without milk.

Crackers

It’s not just salt they’re loaded with.

Canned Goods

This goes for fruits (e.g. peaches, pineapple), veggies (e.g. sweet corn) and beans.

Chewing Gum

The answer to ‘ma3ak leban?’ will always be ‘no’.

Coleslaw

This won’t be an option at salad bars anymore once sugar is truly scarce.

Cheese

‘Gebna beida’ contains around 2.7 grams of sugar. Doesn’t sound like much, but if there is no sugar, there is no cheese.

Biscuits

Oh, well. They stopped importing McVities anyway.

Cappuccino Sachets

 No sugar for your coffee, and no Nescafe` either.

Potato Chips

Egypt’s favourite snack contains around 14 grams of sugar per 7oz bag. 

 You have been warned. Stock up on these items while you can!
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By Salma Thanatos Rizk