Table 1 Comparison of sugar contents from various popular sweetened beverages based on milk

Dairy Products Sugar content by HPLC
Lactose (g/100 mL, %) Fructose (g/100 mL, %) Glucose (g/100 mL, %) Galactose (g/100 mL, %) Total monosaccharide (g/100 mL, %) Fructose : Glucose ratio
Milk 4.34±0.12 ND* ND ND ND ND
Choco flavored milk 3.54±0.39 4.33±0.36 3.93±0.15 ND 8.26±0.51 1.10 : 1
Strawberry flavored milk 4.29±0.32 1.22±0.10 1.25±0.12 ND 2.48±0.22 1 : 1.02
Commercial yogurt 1 1.80±0.22 ND ND 0.86±0.12 0.86±0.12 ND
Commercial yogurt 2 2.95±1.04 1.06±0.08 1.04±0.07 0.23±0.02 2.34±0.17 1.02 : 1
Commercial yogurt 3 2.98±0.82 ND ND 0.51±0.05 0.51±0.05 ND
Apple juice ND 7.16±1.06 3.19±0.32 ND 10.35±1.38 2.24 : 1
Orange juice ND 4.59 ±0.04 3.72±0.68 ND 8.30±0.72 1.23 : 1
Mango juice ND 5.21±0.10 4.70±0.27 ND 9.91±0.37 1.10 : 1
Natural cheese 3.73±0.62 ND ND 0.08±0.01 0.08±0.01 ND
Cheese 0.07±0.02 0.60±0.01 ND ND 0.60±0.01 ND (Only fructose)
Shrimp chips 1.11±0.04 3.10±0.06 3.35±0.48 ND 6.44±0.54 1 : 1.08
Maple caramel snack 3.18±0.24 12.96±1.62 13.07±1.12 ND 26.03±2.74 1 : 1.01
*ND: Not detected.
Results were obtained by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).