WASHINGTON – Consumers know, and the FDA's definition accurately reflects, that sugar only comes from sugar cane and sugar beets.

At just 15 calories a teaspoon, all-natural sugar has been the world's sweetener of choice for more than 2,000 years. Sugar remains the predominate sweetener in every country except the United States, where in recent decades man-made sweetening agents have been created and mass produced.

American consumers are now clamoring for a change and are demanding the trusted taste and goodness of sugar, which exists naturally in sugar beets and sugar cane, instead of man-made sweeteners. We are thrilled that food and beverage manufacturers are switching back to natural sugar in droves and are confident that this positive trend will continue.