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How much sugar is your kid actually eating?
Snap a snack. Kipi runs the same analysis the Forkpie app uses and shows you the sugar — and what to look for next time.
Child's age
Snap the snack — the food itself or its packaging
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Why teaspoons?
Grams are hard to picture. Teaspoons aren't. Four grams of sugar equals one teaspoon — a unit you can actually imagine sitting in a cup of tea. When you translate a juice box or a cereal bar into teaspoons, the number becomes real in a way that "18g" never does.
What are the recommended limits?
For a school-age child, the advice is to stay under about 25g of added sugar a day — roughly six teaspoons. That counts the sugar a manufacturer puts in, plus the sugar in fruit juice and syrups; it doesn't count the sugar that is naturally in whole fruit or milk. For children under two, the advice is simpler: no added sugar at all.
Reading the label
EU nutrition labels must list total sugars per 100g and per serving. Since 2021, they also list added sugars separately. Look at the "of which sugars" row, then divide by four to convert to teaspoons. Also scan the ingredients list: if any form of sugar appears in the first three ingredients, there's a lot of it in there.
How Kipi finds the sugar
| Age group | Daily sugar limit |
|---|---|
| 0–2 | None — no added sugar at this age |
| 3–5 | Under 17g of added sugar a day |
| 6–17 | Under 25g of added sugar a day |
Kipi looks at your photo. If there's a nutrition label, Kipi reads the sugar straight off it. If it's food on a plate, Kipi works from what it recognises — a good estimate rather than an exact figure. Either way, the number gets compared to the daily amount recommended for your child's age. Your photo isn't saved — it's read once and forgotten.
Your photos aren't saved. They're read once and forgotten.