Need sugar free squash - not no added sugar

lolly_896

Going to visit somebody in hospital and he's diabetic. Blood sugars are up and the nurses are giving him a hard time over his no added sugar squash. They said he has to have sugar free because of the natural sugars in fruit.

Any body have any idea which brand makes it - does it even exist?

NewKittenHelp

Wouldn't it be easier to just have water?

ikkle87

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=272694182

lolly_896

It would be much easier to have water, but he has asked me to get him squash?

Thank you ikkle87 - i googled it too and didnt find any.

No good though - nutritional information says it has 1g of sugar.

jm2926

ikkle87 wrote: »

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=272694182

That one has 1g sugar per 100ml concentrate, Robinsons no added sugar has 0.6g per 100ml so seems it's the same thing more or less.

Edited - sorry that was the figure for Robinsons's Orange, the apple/blackcurrant is 1.2g

lolly_896

I dont know if such a thing exist - as obviously fruit has naturally occuring sugars and sqaush contains fruit?

jm2926

lolly_896 wrote: »

I dont know if such a thing exist - as obviously fruit has naturally occuring sugars and sqaush contains fruit?

Hit the nail on the head there.

What about other diet drinks? Diet ginger-beer has none, and Barr's Diet Irn Bru has a fruity flavour and 0g sugars:

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=272639911

ikkle87

jm2926 wrote: »

That one has 1g sugar per 100ml concentrate, Robinsons no added sugar has 0.6g per 100ml so seems it's the same thing more or less.

Edited - sorry that was the figure for Robinsons's Orange, the apple/blackcurrant is 1.2g

I know that but the one I linked to is actually recommended for diabetics hun, seems silly to me too but if it keeps the nurses off his back and allows him something a bit more palatable than tap water then it's probably worth it. x

littlesnuggy

Erm, I'm diabetic and I drink Robinson's No Added Sugar squash. The amount you use when diluting a glassfull is totally negligible. (at a guess you might use 20ml concentrate, so that has 0.1g sugar). His nurses want to be looking for another cause if his blood sugars are consistently high.

OP - stuff like Diet Coke / Lemonade has zero sugar if you want to get him something.

Millie2008_2

Boots used to do a diabetic squash, years back....

There_Goes_Trouble

Have you tried a health food shop? Or try googling for a specialist online diabetic supplier?