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Easter is the most important date in the Christian calendar, but you don’t have to be religious to celebrate Easter, as in recent decades, it has become a popular holiday to spend time with family and friends and give one another chocolate. One of the most popular sweet treats consumed across the Easter bank holiday weekend is Creme Eggs, but one mum has reached out to other parents after learning what they are made from
One mum took to Facebook to discuss the amount of sugar a single Creme Egg contains. She posted an image of a Creme Egg alongside a pile of sugar and a 2p coin for scale.
The amount of sugar which the mum claims is used to make a Creme Egg left many dumbfounded, with one writing: “Couldn’t fit that much sugar in the egg. This is a lie.”
But according to Cadbury, who makes Creme Eggs, each egg contains 177 calories, 6.1g of fat, 3.7g of saturates, 0.06g of salt and 26.5g of sugar.
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The NHS recommends adults consume no more than 30g of sugar a day, which is equivalent to seven sugar cubes.
For children aged seven to 10, only 24g of sugar is advised, with four to six-year-olds not exceeding 19g of sugar a day.
This means, one Creme Egg exceeds the recommended daily sugar intake for children under 11, and for adults, it leaves them with 4g of sugar for the rest of their meals.
Cadbury Creme Eggs are made with a milk chocolate shell, and a soft fondant centre. Cadbury also makes Caramel Eggs which contain 187 calories per egg, 9.6g of fat, 5.4g of saturates, 18g of sugar and 0.15g of salt.
The Caramel Eggs contain slightly less sugar than the Creme Eggs – 18g compared to 26.5g.
In recent years, Cadbury has introduced the White Creme Egg – which has even more sugar than the original Creme Egg.
White chocolate Creme Eggs have 178 calories, 6.1g of fat, 3.7g of saturates, 27g of sugar and 0.09g of salt.
Express.co.uk visually compared the amount of sugar in original Creme Eggs, White Creme Eggs and Caramel Eggs.
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White Eggs were around six heaped teaspoons of white sugar compared to Caramel Eggs four heaped teaspoons of white sugar.
While some have been put off consuming Cadbury’s iconic eggs, others are not put off by the amount of sugar.
The mum’s original image caused a lot of reaction online, with one saying: “Wowsers! That’s A LOT of sugar. I love a creme egg but this is shocking.”
A second commented: “F**k off there’s 26 g of sugar in a creme egg…” A third remarked: “I don’t even care, I’m still gonna eat a multipack in one sitting on more than one occasion. Creme eggs are too good to give a s***.”
Cadbury eggs are great for Easter egg hunts, but anyone looking to buy a pack should be wary of the supermarket opening times this bank holiday weekend.
Today, Good Friday to Easter Monday, several supermarkets will be opening and closing at different times.
On Easter Sunday, the majority of big chain supermarkets will be closed altogether to give staff the day off.
