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Table 5 Sales-weighted average sugar content of soft drinks by sugar content category, 2015–2018

From: Reductions in sugar sales from soft drinks in the UK from 2015 to 2018

Soft drink category

Mean sugar content (g per 100 ml) and IQR (Q2, Q1–Q3)

p value

2015

2016

2017

2018

Total soft drinks (g/100 ml)

4.4 (2.4, 0.0–9.2)

3.9 (1.8, 0.0–7.1)

3.5 (2.1, 0.0–6.1)

2.9 (1.2, 0.0–4.3)

< 0.01

High-sugar (> 8 g/100 ml)

11.0 (10.6, 10.6–11.0)

11.0 (10.6, 10.6–11.0)

11.0 (10.6, 10.6–11.0)

10.8 (10.6, 10.6–11.0)

0.58

Mid-sugar (5–8 g/100 ml)

6.4 (6.1, 5.7–7.3)

6.4 (6.3, 6.2–6.8)

6.5 (6.5, 5.9–7.4)

5.4 (5.2, 5.0–5.7)

0.15

Low-sugar (< 0.1–5 g/100 ml)

2.5 (2.3, 2.0–3.6)

2.4 (1.9, 1.4–3.9)

2.4 (2.1, 1.5–3.9)

2.2 (1.8, 1.1–2.9)

0.85

Zero-sugar (< 0.1 g/100 ml)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.99

Exempt (g/100 ml)

10.0 (9.9, 9.6–10.2)

10.0 (9.7, 9.3–10.0)

9.7 (9.9, 9.2–10.4)

9.5 (10.0, 9.2–10.1)

0.75

Bottled water

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.99