As Easter is a time for chocolates and treats, Expressdentist.com were intrigued to find out which Easter eggs could be the best and worst for your teeth, based on sugar content.

Top 10 Popular Easter Eggs with the Highest Sugar Content:

Rank	Easter Egg	Brand	Average sugar content in grams (per 100g)
=1	Galaxy Ripple	Mars	68
=1	Galaxy Minstrels	Mars	68
2	Smarties	Nestlé	65.35
3	M&M's Salted Caramel	Mars	65
4	Smarties Orange	Nestlé	64.9
5	Twix (White Chocolate)	Mars	62
6	Creme Egg	Cadbury	61.5
7	Chocolate Orange (White Chocolate)	Terry’s	61
8	Aero Peppermint	Nestlé	60.75
9	Rolo	Nestlé	60.5
=10	Yorkie	Nestlé	60.4
=10	Quality Street	Nestlé	60.4
=10	Lion	Nestlé	60.4
=10	Kit Kat	Nestlé	60.4

Coming in joint top spot for the Easter egg worst for your teeth is Galaxy Ripple and Galaxy Minstrels Easter Eggs with 68g of sugar per 100g. Although two Mars Galaxy products take top spot, the other two Mars Galaxy products (Galaxy Enchanted and Galaxy) rank respectively 19th and 52nd.

In second place is the Smarties Easter Egg with 65.35g of sugar per 100g. This is 10.42g of sugar above the average sugar content per 100g of popular Easter eggs chocolate.

Third place is M&M's Salted Caramel with 65g of sugar per 100g. Caramel is pure sugar, combined with the chocolate it is unsurprising the product has a high sugar content.

Following closely behind are Smarties Orange (64.9g), White chocolate Twix (62g) and Creme Egg (61.5g), respectively ranking in fourth, fifth and sixth.

Top 5 Popular Easter Eggs with the Lowest Sugar Content:

Rank	Easter Egg	Brand	Average sugar content in grams (per 100g)
1	Green & Blacks (Dark Chocolate)	Cadbury	29
2	Ferrero Collection	Ferrero	39.9
3	Ferrero Rocher	Ferrero	41.8
=4	Lindt Salted Caramel	Lindt	42
=4	Lindt with Mint Truffles	Lindt	42
5	Chocolate Fingers	Cadbury	45

The Easter egg with the least sugar, of only 29g per 100g, is unsurprisingly Green & Blacks. This is due to it being dark chocolate meaning it has a high cacao content and less sugar, giving the signature more bitter taste.

Following in second place for the Easter egg least bad for your teeth is Ferrero Collection with 39.9g of sugar. In third place for lowest sugar content is Ferrero Rocher with 41.8g of sugar per 100g. Both rankings are due to the high nut content.

Methodology:

1) Expressdentist.com were eager to find out which popular Easter eggs have the highest amount of sugar per 100g and therefore could be the worst for your teeth.

2) A seed list of 78 popular Easter eggs was collated from the UK’s largest supermarkets website: tesco.com. The list included all Easter eggs being sold by Tesco in 2022, except for their own brand Tesco Easter eggs and 9 niche Easter eggs.

3) Using data from tesco.com the quantity of sugar per 100g was obtained for each Easter egg analysed. If the multiple sizes of the popular Easter egg differed the sugar content an average was taken.

4) The Easter eggs were then ranked in accordance with their sugar content per 100g, with the higher the sugar content the worse the Easter egg could be for your teeth.

5) Data is correct as of 24/03/22 and is subject to change.

Author: Josie Jackson