People are only just realising how much sugar is in a Flake 99
A FLAKE 99 is a staple during summer – the perfect treat to cool down while soaking up the sun at the beach or park.
And what’s better than licking the ice cream as it melts – before chowing down on the iconic chocolate bar on top.
But some have been left at the amount of sugar in the summer treat.
According to the box of Cadbury Flake 99 Ice Cream Cones, 23% of each cone is made up of sugars.
And this means there’s about 16.6g of sugar per 100ml.
That’s about 18.4% of an adult’s recommended sugar intake.
One wrote: “(It’s) probably 99.9% sugar with a flake on top.”
And one Twitter user pointed out the sugar intake would increase if an extra squirt of sauce was added, saying: “A cone filled with ice cream, a Flake and a squirt of sauce comes with 23.3g of sugar – almost six teaspoons in old money.”
But others didn’t mind, with one ice cream fan writing: “99 with a flake on a cold day in suffolk, hells yes.”
It’s important to eat sweet treats in moderation.
It comes after it was revealed why Flake ice creams are called 99s – and it has nothing to do with the price.
Britain’s first ice cream parlours were opened in the 1920s and 1930s by Italian immigrants – many of whom had fought in the First World War before moving to Britain.
Among the earliest shops were Stefano Arcari’s on 99 Portobello High Street in Edinburgh and the Dunkerley family’s shop on 99 Wellington Street in Manchester.
Both of the historic parlours claim that they came up with the idea of snapping a Cadbury Flake in half and planting it in an ice cream – but Cadbury itself offers a different version of events.
The chocolate maker refuses to take an official stance on the origins of the Flake 99, saying that “the real reason for ’99’ Flake being so called has been lost in the mists of time”.
Meanwhile, hungry Brits have been left shocked at the amount of sugar in another treat – Creme Eggs.
But before you buy a few of the UK’s beloved chocolate fondant treats, you might want to heed one mum’s warning about just how much sugar each little egg contains.
According to Cadbury’s website, each 40g Creme Egg contains 26.5g of sugar, as well as 6.1g of fat and 3.7g of saturates.
While these numbers might not mean much to you, a picture shared by Facebook user Rebecca Bilham puts things into perspective.
The mum decided to measure out the 26.5g of sugar each egg contains.
She then posted a photo of the sugar pile next to the Creme Egg, with a two pence coin beside them for scale.
Many Facebook users found the photo hard to swallow, with one writing: “Wowsers! That’s A LOT of sugar. I love a creme egg but this is shocking.”