Allergy diet - sucrose low
This document is part of the ACI Diet Specifications for Adult Inpatients. It is not to be used for patient education.
Aim
To provide a diet with reduced sucrose content.
Characteristics
Avoids fruits and vegetables naturally high in sucrose (> 5g per 100g), and foods with high levels of added sugar.
Indications
Sucrose malabsorption or intolerance.
Nutritional adequacy
Nutritionally adequate.
Precautions
It is not possible to provide a full list of all permitted commercial products; the following are general guidelines only. It is important to check the label of commercial foods to eliminate foods with high levels of total sugar (> 10g per 100g).
Paediatrics
Suitable for use in paediatrics when combined with an age-appropriate diet.
Specific menu planning guidelines
| Allowed | Not allowed | |
|---|---|---|
| Hot main dishes | All others, including all plain cooked meat, poultry, fish, eggs and legumes | Dishes cooked with dried fruit or added sugar |
| Sauces, gravies | Gravies Unsweetened sauces | Sauces with added sugar, e.g. tomato sauce, sweet and sour sauce, barbecue sauce, plum sauce |
| Starchy vegetables / pasta / rice | All others | Pumpkin |
| Vegetables | All others | Beetroot, pumpkin, sweet corn Canned vegetables with added sugar |
| Soups | None | - |
| Sandwiches | All others | Any with sweet fillings, e.g. chutney |
| Salads, dressings | All other ingredients | Beetroot, canned bean salad Chutney, mayonnaise, coleslaw dressing |
| Breads, cereals | All plain breads, white and wholemeal Breakfast cereals with ≤ 10g sugar per 100g, e.g. rolled oats, Weet-Bix™, Corn Flakes®, Rice Bubbles®, Bran Flakes® | Sweetened or fruit breads Breakfast cereals with added fruit or honey, or total sugar content > 10g per 100g |
| Spreads | Butter, margarine, peanut butter, Vegemite™ | Jam, honey, Nutella® |
| Hot breakfast choices | All others | Canned baked beans or spaghetti |
| Fruit | All other fresh or canned fruit in juice only | Fresh and canned: apples, apricots, bananas, mandarins, mangoes, nectarines, peaches, pineapple, fruit salad, stewed prunes All dried fruit |
| Yoghurt | Natural yoghurt with no added sugar Low-joule yoghurts | All sweetened fruit and vanilla yoghurts |
| Desserts | Low-joule jelly Unsweetened custard | Sweetened desserts and puddings Ice-cream and all toppings Cakes |
| Milk and cheese | Plain milk (full and low fat) All cheeses | Flavoured milk, milkshakes |
| Beverages | Tea, coffee, milk, low-joule cordial | Fruit juices, soft drinks, cordial, Milo® |
| Biscuits | Savoury crackers, e.g. water biscuits | Plain sweet biscuits and those with added fruit or chocolate |
| Miscellaneous | Artificial sweeteners, salt, pepper | Confectionery, sugar |
References
- Food Standards Australia New Zealand. NUTTAB Online searchable database: foods that contain sucrose.