Sugar content in lucozade

[Matt34]

Just wondering what everyone thinks about lucosade reducing their sugar content.

That's my go too drink when having a hypo

 

[trophywench]

I'm hacked off with it Matt - but went in Tesco's and stockpiled full sugar Lucozade before it disappeared - but I've got to find a replacement now too - which really after all this time - I don't want to. Can't chew and have difficulty swallowing - but an opened bottle of Lucozade lasts me weeks - and I can't see anything else being so convenient. If stuff isn't full sugar - will it last well if I'm not using it regularly?

 

[Amberzak]

It's even worse than it's the same packaging too. Because we can't tell if it's the lower sugar, where we will need more of it, or not. The advice apparently from lucosade is we can just look at the packaging. Yeah. That's the advice from someone who's never had a hypo.

 

[mikeyB]

The problem is the proposed sugar tax, which is being introduced to stop kiddies getting fat, but causing Type 1s to worry because all their favourite sweet drinks are disappearing, or having much reduced sugar. The only answer is to drink more of it, if you can't use Dextro tabs, Jelly Babies or Fruit Pastilles. These always have a reliable fixed amount of sugar. Personally, I can't stand the taste of lucozade, it makes me feel sick particularly when hypo.

Of course, one alternative that will last several uses is Dr Oetkes Glucose Syrup in a tube, obviously intended for cooking, available in any decent supermarket, but that is an entirely flavourless liquid, and for that reason not very palatable. Mind you, in a bad hypo I'll gobble anything sweet.

 

[Rosiecarmel]

I had a hypo a few days ago. I was 3,8 so downed 200ml lucozade... Tested 20 mins later and I was 3.6. I downed the entire bottle before I realised id picked up the sugar free version!! Think it's time to move on from lucozade.

Trouble is eventually all fizzy drinks will go the same way.

I don't like chewing when hypo as my adrenaline /anxiety kicks in and I panic that I'm gonna choke. Think I'll stick to glucojuice from now on or glucotabs as they need minimal chewing and kinda melt in your mouth after chewing a couple times

 

[Sprogladite]

Same boat here, pretty irritated that I'm going to have to find something new. Also hacked off that I'm going to have to find something that's likely not going to be a liquid thanks to this stupid sugar tax thing. Which is problematic when you can't chew!! I've stockpiled high sugar lucozade but I'm burning through it pretty quickly thanks to hypos upon waking pretty much every day (work in progress). Very annoying!!

 

[Mr TEL]

The thing is, whatever we find to use as a substitute, the one thing Lucozade had going for it is that you can get it literally anywhere and it's cheap. Anyone tried signing the petition at change.org? I don't think we should go down without a fight!

 

[Mr TEL]

I guess not then.

Meanwhile I've been scouring all the shops in Norwich hunting for the 'proper' Lucozade with mixed success. Not one shop so far was that they'd changed it, including Boots. Surprisingly, a small newsagent had loads of medium-sized Orange ones which I snapped up. It's getting hard work carrying these around!

Mrs TEL came home last night clutching four litre bottles of what she thought was the right stuff. Only one of them actually was. So it even confused her, and she has a Pharma degree!

It's going to be hard trying to explain it to My 85 year old mother-in-law, who is T1!

 

[Mr TEL]

The problem is the proposed sugar tax, which is being introduced to stop kiddies getting fat, but causing Type 1s to worry because all their favourite sweet drinks are disappearing, or having much reduced sugar. The only answer is to drink more of it, if you can't use Dextro tabs, Jelly Babies or Fruit Pastilles. These always have a reliable fixed amount of sugar. Personally, I can't stand the taste of lucozade, it makes me feel sick particularly when hypo.

Of course, one alternative that will last several uses is Dr Oetkes Glucose Syrup in a tube, obviously intended for cooking, available in any decent supermarket, but that is an entirely flavourless liquid, and for that reason not very palatable. Mind you, in a bad hypo I'll gobble anything sweet.

Mike: You've hit on something there with the Dr Oetkes syrup idea. It seems easily available too. I reckon it could be added to the Lucozade to bring the sugar level up.