Guilt-free guzzling: New low-sugar, non-alcoholic drinks to quench your thirst

SINGAPORE – In grades-obsessed Singapore, even drinks get a score. Those with less sugar and saturated fats get an “A” under the

Nutri-Grade labelling system,

while high-sugar, high-fat offenders get stamped with a “D”. 

When rolled out to packaged drinks in December 2022 and freshly made ones at the end of 2023, it was met with a mixture of confusion and ambivalence.